"The folks who had you before we escaped are coming. We should stay in our room, I think Saffron's probably serious about forbidding violence but there's no reason to try it."

There isn't enough room in the sconce for Eefa and under the bed is too obvious but she can stay out of sight of the window and go out it or the door if she needs to.

Pelape closes the curtain most of the way and only peeks through the corner to see what they're up to.

A few of the group split off and looking around at the various stalls but the leader who Pelape first talked to heads for the hotel.

She makes sure the room door is locked and that she knows where her stolen pistol is.

And then they can wait.

Around nightfall they can make a trip to the bathroom together in preparation for bedtime.

Someone from the caravan is already there and does not look happy about their presence. 

"Well, you two sure gave us the runaround."

Eefa steps back so Pelape is standing between her and the trader.

"...they got here first, let's come back in a few," Pelape says to Eefa, ushering her back out into the hall.

Sounds like a plan to Eefa.

Pelape waits for the amount of time it takes to comb out Eefa's hair and get it all clean again. It's a while, her hair is very thick.

Eefa can sit still for this and not complain since she doubts that would help anything.

For extra safety margin on the time she'll braid it too, though she doesn't have anything to tie the braids off with.

At least she's not cutting it.

She is not!

Okay, bathroom retry.

The bathroom still isn't exactly up to Amentan standards but it is empty this time.

She should talk to them about paying her to clean the bathroom since she's going to be doing it anyway.

And bedtime.

In the morning there are several familiar faces at breakfast.

Well, she and Eefa can sit away from them.

Eefa can eat so fast.

But not before one of her erstwhile captors comes sauntering up.

"We wasted a whole damn day looking for you, you thief."

"Not even bothering to defend yourself?" asks the man, now close enough Pelape and Eefa can smell the alcohol on his breath. 

Eefa is not igoing to stop eating but she is going to eat while holding her head up so she can see whether she needs to run.