"Back off, bud!  Who do you think you are anyway, picking on a poor
defenseless little girl when her fearless bodyguard is stuck under a
rock!  You're shameless!"

Porom turned around to try to shush her bigmouthed ("idiot", I think, is
what Sascha affectionately called him) brother, when the sranger began to
speak.

"Oh, dear!  I..I'm terribly sorry!  I didn't mean to sound intimidating,
it's been so long since I've associated with people,  I'm really, really
sorry.  Gosh, I've made a mess of things again, haven't I?  Really, I
don't have a quarrel, please don't hurt me!"

Palom, and Porom both turned around to face the stranger again, very
confused.  A huge bundle of cloth was piled on the floor beside a very
beautiful young lady with long dark hair and deep black eyes.  One look
at the cloth told the twins exactly how they had mistaken the 5'11" woman
for a giant.  There was enogh to cover her 10 times over there.

Seeing Porom's reaction to the mound of cloth, (Palom was _way_ too busy
staring at Seyla), the woman offered an explanation:

"It gets very cold in these mountain cave at night, you know....
Hi!  I'm Seyla, Leader of the Fifth Rebellion Merc...., um, I'm Seyla."

Porom was about to respond when Palom tore himself from the debis and ran
in front of her.

"Greetings, I am Palom, Master Black Mage of the ancient times and
Undefeated ninja!"

Palom cleared her throat from behind her brother.

"Uh, yeah, and this is my sister, the White mage and archer, sort of..."

"What do you mean, sort of?" Porom started, and then remebered their new
acquaintance, and introduced herself.

"I'm Porom."  She said "Don't mind my brother, he's only seen one other
female in a couple thousand years, besides, he's kind of full of
himself..."

"Wow, two thousand years, how did you manage....  Oh, where are my
manners!  Would you like to come to my place for dinner and hot
chocolate? I've  been collecting thses wild funguses all day for my
seven-mushroom stew!  I usually only cook for myself and my cat, but
there's plenty to go around!"

Palom made a disgusted face at his sister.

"Um, we've already eated,"  Porom lied, " But hot chocolate sounds
great!"

"Yes, wonderful", Palom agreed as he rushed to grab Seyla's arm and
escort her down the mountain and into the second floor of one of the
buildings where behind a secret door they found a cozy little apartment
filled with flowers, and the fattest cat they'd ever seen!

The three exchanged histories in front of the warm fire over hot
chocolate, and then the twins settled in for a night's rest as Seyla
walked over to the window to contemplate her fate....