#anywhere

The kiss ends, and the air has shfited. Oh still warm enough, but here on the Southern Hemisphere it is technically winter

Zara breaks from the kiss, but stays close. "Oh...."

"Lima Peru, Bachdion took me here once.. I remember this place clearly enough, but..." A look around "Peru is big. This is just one city. What did the Clue say?"

"Llama's maze..." A pause. "Cuzco?"

"We're about 400 miles from Cusco... I.. Oh Llama. She saw the movie." he groans "Siv is a nice girl but her cultural preference sometime. We need transport. I've never been to Cusco."

"Mayhaps there is a trod?"

"Must be. The Kingdom of Mountains used to be closed off, very insular but it's changed .. I hear most freeholds are underground" He says looking about

"Aye?" She drifts away a bit, looking around.

Zara hears..snacking. And realizes she and Earl are being watched. With expertise that would do a sluagh proud, a local woman is on the legdge of one of the grand buildings. She almost misses her, despite the fact the woman is stocky and... a changeling. Zara has never seen such a kith.

Head-tilt. Which probably gives away that the woman's been made. Zara kenns.

The woman is serpentine, yet stocky, and Zara's kenning reveals that she is kithain, but no pooka. She is currently eating some trail mix, lightly snacking, but yes, Zara saw her. She looks impressed "Hola, touristos? Welcome to Lima" She motions them closer

Earl moves to Zara's side and whispers "There are rumors of Kithain who turn into giant snakes big ones...Bachdion mentioned them"

The woman grins, a flash of fangs in the back of her mouth, and Zara realizes despite Earl's precautions, she has good hearing.

"Aye, so."

Zara splays a hand over her chest and bows to the lady.

"Call me Liz" the woman says "You don't have to whisper you know? I won't bite.." A grin "probably. I'm just people watching. Didn't expect 'people' you know? Some of us lucky few have a glow" A wink

"Ah, but I must needs. Pray forgive. Your english is excellent, and I thank you for the courtesy. My spanish is rudimentary."

"must needs?" intrigued, "Here, " She pats the ledge and makes room "Explain, please. I have not met one of your kind before. His, yes, though that was a girl, but not yours"

She joins the lady. "I am a sluagh, and we are whispers in shadow, and the scratch under the bed, and the monster in the closet."

"Oooo.. " She nods "I have heard of them. Your people and mine are both people watchers yes?"

"Aye? You have me at an advantage! I know not your kind."

"I am of the Sachamama, the great mother snake dreams," Liz says "We love the hunt, sometimes for meals" She shakes her trail mix "This helps, and often for knowing what people are up to. And you can always trust us " A wink then a laugh

"The only snake like folks we know are Pooka," earl says

She huffs "Pooka, the little liars with the pranks? I have a sense of humor," Liz says "But they can sorely test it. Yes, we have pooka visit, and you," She looks at Earl "A troll, a guardian soul eh?"

"Just so" Earl says standing NEAR the ledge but not on it

"I've met a snake pooka... and aye, their tongues twist. You must listen carefully to hear what they say. I suppose we are alike, in different ways."

She straightens her snake skin jacket, "No doubt. You heard me crunch my food. Good ears. Normally I can watch a young couple for an houor and they pay no attention. They do not know their flirting, their fights, their fussing, I hear it, feel it through the stone. It is better to be the watcher than the watched I think. "

Earl ponders "In a way, trolls are watchers too. We tend to stoicism"

"Truly?" Liz seems surprised "The one who I spoke to earlier today was quite chatty."

"The lady?"

"Blonde, prone to flash?"

"Talks like a sailor. Wanted a guide to Cusco, or near it.I told her she was off by 400 miles. Siv Waveborne, from Rivervale" She taps her head "My people don't forget a name"

Earl says "Ah,did she get a guide?"

"Well, I almost took the job myself, but I hadn't eaten yet and she was an impatient one." Liz says "But I mentioned a mortal who would get here there and press on the gas for extra coin."

A sigh. "No way but driving?"

"Well, there are plane flights here... This IS a big city, but tickets aren't easy. Otherwise I could drive you the airport and get all sorts of news about you Northern Kiths and the like. Might be worth good pay"

Earl ponders, then looks at Zara "It's a gamble, but I bet we could slip onto a plane without much attention"

"Aye, though I am certain we reek 'Americanos,' nu?"

"Veiled is Veiled" He says

"Oh, now that IS risky."

Liz looks amused "I like you two, even though you have NOT Giving me your names yet. " A brow

"Well now, a name is quite a gift."

"But you may call me Ghost."

"May I?" Amusement "Now I wish I had made a fancier name than Liz" Liz chuckles "If you can stand the cold for a time, I might know of a cargo plane... get in, get out... but I want to know of the kiths where you are from in excchange"

She considers, and nods. "That seems fair. You already know of three."

Earl says "Some call me Hunter" he says with a bow

"Yes," Liz says "A ghost Hunter I suspect " A throaty chuckle and she slides off the ledge "Follow me, and I don't just want a few words about each while we travel. Details... come come" She motions and leads the two to a car to head to the Airport

"So then - you know of the trolls, and the pooka, and now the sluagh..."

"I know a little... but..." And they talk. /Earl is happy to talk about the Sidhe and sell them down the river so to speak. Though he's not hostile about it. Satyrs are mentioned and so on.