And so begun her first task for the Eldouir. A Dresmondi, who also worked for the redheads since the Tribute, ran into her tavern to tell her that Ishmael wanted to see her. Eirwen was already there, so she would make haste. She didn't want to be late. While she still didn't want to work for Ishmael, it wouldn't do her any good to be tardy or not show up. Eirwen's cute face would definitely make it less harrowing to see the big man. She was completely brainwashed, sure, but Ona could still appreciate beauty when she saw it.

The dark-haired woman neared the location where Ish and Eirwen were. She walked through the crowd until she eventually was standing face to face with the redhead, the young woman and the rooster. Obri clung to her shoulder and nervously looked from one to another.

"Good day, both of you", she said with a quick and easy smile.

She listened and clenched her teeth. She was irritated, not necessarily with the task, but because Ishmael didn't think. Like, at all. She doubted he knew that dyr could sense what elements others were, so if he didn't know that, he just expected her to find people with an Earth dyr. If that had been the case, she would have had to go around asking everyone what element their dyr was. Luckily for him, Obri would be able to find other Earth dyr. Unlucky for her, that meant she couldn't find holes in his idea to avoid doing what he had asked of her, and she didn't dare say dyr couldn't sense elements, because Eirwen would know that wasn't true.

A tunnel system was definitely something big. Ishmael had plans, and Ona doubted they were for the purpose that he stated. As if he cared about dyrless and children.

"What do I say when they don't want to participate?" she asked, just as flatly as Ish had spoken.