Kurt had really stopped paying attention to where he was on earth at times. He did visit them a little when he moved towns. Him and Layla had made it to the last town before their stop at Lake Longbow and the whole official date idea would happen. List had been thinking about Talia a lot. And not always in most proper ways. She loved to tease him, and she loved to play the part in looks too. So he couldn't say he wasn't looking forward to it. He started to understand what she had meant by 'get my family off my back' because it seemed his love life was the talk of his whole settlement somehow.

Kurt was scheduled for the classic Carl dinner at the most fancy restaurant in town. He had a bunch of money to spend and thought he needed a few more cloaks. The one he had gotten wasn't bad but it was starting to show it's daily use. The town they were in was more of a crossroad stop off town, the reality was the stop should have been Dakota Springs, but that wouldn't be possible as the city state of the Fire Clan, they probably were not going to be welcome. It was a big detour away, but was one of the more closer stops, and they had not planned to stay long. A few days at most.

Kurt wasn't very worried about it, the clan though sometimes could appear, they really didn't have much influence anywhere else. Finding a few shopping and buying a cloak. He spent his morning getting some things he wanted. Found a good dealer of alcohol for some of the goblins.

He had come back to his home to put some thing away and get ready, he would be unarmed as most restaurants wouldn't allow that, and he didn't want to check in his sword. He dressed more formally as he would for these things. Carl really did always know the best places to eat, and Kurt always liked what came.

Carl had explained that it was really a few doors down from the portal, and taking a whole carriage from it seemed overly done for a few steps really. This was not one of his biggest warehouses, and the idea was to pass by Dakota Spring fairly fast anyway.

They had found themselves a table, it was fancy but not the fanciful places they had grown accustomed to, the town was fairly small to begin with.

"This place is the best in town," said Carl, "but I will admit it is a low point on this tour."

Layla's red hair struck out in the crowd as they sat down. And Kurt and Carl were actually the most formally dressed there. It seemed this was not Fancy with a capital F, type of place.

"Good food is good food," said Kurt.

"That it is, I suggest the chicken actually."

"Well we just got here."

The three of them perused the menu, but nothing was particularly looking good. Kurt was leaning towards the chicken because of the recommendation.

They had started to discuss how they were basically stopping by the town anyway, and the Lake Longbow was next.

"And a date, I hear, I know a good captain, sailing the lake is quite an experience, and one that doesn't take much work from the guests."

"You too?"

"Is this not what's happening?"

"Can the topic not be my love life for once?"

"The offer still stands if you want, but we have been doing quite well, the agreement with the Kingdom makes a lot of this easier."

"We know all that," said Kurt.

"I've been meaning to ask you Kurt about the healing paste, can we ramp up production, can I bring helpers?"

"Is it really that popular already," Kurt said with greedy eyes.

"Ohh yes the military of Hamlet is very interested, as well as others."

"We could do something like that, Layla I would, I would have made a whole place."

"That's fine, we can ask the gnomes. But we would have to compensate for the help on both sides."

"That shouldn't be a problem, they basically are saying name your price," said Carl, "we make out I think at the price of their current option and they would pay more."

They continued to discuss making a way to ramp up production it would require some permanent residency from some workers, and Kurt wanted to get someone with a bit more expertise on some subjects. But if they had the resources the whole thing could work.

"But at some point we will have to cultivate it," said Layla, "we lack a good way to do that."

"Yes, you would have to make a more welcomed entrance for humans that farm."

"I'm not exactly opposed to that, I just don't have a good way of doing that," said Layla.

It wasn't really time to tell the world of what they were doing but it was starting to seem clear that Talia was right the secret would get out. And Layla was right they would need allies. The three had become engrossed in their own conversation, and forgot about what was around them.

They had forgotten about their order, and the waitress had come to get it.

"Are we ready to order?" the waitress said.

"I'll have the chicken" said Kurt

"I think I'll have that as well," said Carl.

"Well why argue with anyone I'll have it too," said Layla.

"Make it four," said a familiar voice behind Kurt," I hear it's good."

A hand was placed on Kurt's shoulder and Kurt was completely uncomfortable. That voice it couldn't be, why? Could it really be? Kurt slowly turned his head up towards the man that had placed his shoulder, "Arthur." Kurt's eyes widened.

"Long time, no see, Kurt, and Lady Layla, I haven't met you before but the pleasure is mine, Carl Montgomery," said Arthur. "I am Arthur, of the Fire Clan." Clan's face went serious. The conversation had silenced.

"Four chicken meals, absolutely," said waitress, "Would you like something to drink?" she said looking at Arthur.

"Wine would be alright, red," said Arthur, taking the fourth seat at the table.

"The house's red, then?"

"Yes thank you."

"You're welcome sir, I'll get that to the kitchen for you all," the waitress said as she left. Her manager was waiting for her at the kitchen door.

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