The rest of the conversation with the village boy flowed pretty smoothly. With Salome's Trait at work, forcing the man to believe her offer to protect Ophelia to be genuine.
Well, maybe that was actually true, Vale didn't really know, but either way, the information Salome wanted, while not entirely strange, was a little out there.
After slowly delving into the topic, she got the man comfortable talking about the village, its past, as well as yearly procedures and everything else. Just when Vale thought she was done, she'd ask who they traded with and what a typical day looked like for them.
The man seemed confused at first, but as their conversation progressed, he became increasingly forthcoming.
In the end, Salome learned enough about the village to the point that if she had taken on the man's appearance and showed back up, the people would have been none the wiser. Most of the information seemed meaningless, but perhaps it had a future use.
