Alpine Lake enter these gates

She snorted.  More trouble than it's worth.  All of these cute girls that needed help tended to be more of a burden than a blessing, but it wasn't like she could just condemn them to death, either.  Damn morals.  No.  

She wasn't sure how she felt about this spry, sharp little thing that was content on being both infuriatingly tight-lipped and curious; she wasn't about to give more information unless the girl decided to loosen up.