Neverwinter Forest beatus ventus

she'd been persistently gnawing at the broken nail when the greeting caught her off guard. the nail, now dangling from the corner of her toe, would take no more than a single tug to come free. but velia, not wishing to appear barbaric, resisted the urge. 

instead she turned upon her new company and sought to answer the question asked of her. "am velia," she introduced with a widespread smile, looking expectantly then for the greyscale woman to do the same as she wondered if perhaps the water here made all of the locals grow so large.