Blackbeak Bluff a heart is a knife in disguise

As she ruminated silently while Thuringwethil and the sea-wolf spoke, she realized she liked Kalika. The Nereid seemed an honest sort, and it gave Tirgatao hope that this truce between them could bloom into something extraordinary. She wasn't normally fond of such an idea, having been burned before on false promises, but how much harm could a small band of religious women and their men do against Drageda? The thought wasn't born out of arrogance, but out of logic. Both could benefit from one another. There were bounties of the sea, and wealths of the forest, that could be traded. The possibilities were endless.

Her attention drifted to the other, Gabe, and she lent him an encouraging smile. He nor Kalika had introduced him, but he seemed a friendly, if shy, chap and Tirgatao didn't want him to feel like the odd man out in this situation. She kept mum, however, allowing Heda and Kalika to continue their conversation without interuption but listening intently all the while.