"... I fail to see why it's supposed to be obvious," Her face shifted to a more serious, if inquisitive, expression then. Adela leaned forward on the table to look more closely at him, supporting her chin in her hand as she tried to study him.

"You pretty much treated me like I was less than nothing on border patrol, Seph... I..."

It took her a second before she sighed, deciding against telling him that she literally trained herself sick after that, "And then you come out of no where and start bidding ridiculously high amounts of money on me, then leave mid-auction? It doesn't make sense."