About a page and a half, while I wasn't looking. :eek I read it over, but I still think I'm a bit out of it. So, is this what happens? . . .
-Merak steals gold that he thinks is Berwan's, but is really the hobgob's payment.
-Grouchet comes down the stairs
-The Hobgoblin is intimidated, and, furthermore, is stupid.
-However, he talks about some Argun Merrith dude (types brief note in Word file), and the thiev's guild
Can we asume that Serei made herself known, and stood (nonchalantly) in the doorway?
"Now what did he want with these two poor little kobolds?" she asks. "I've heard rumors of Kobolds being decended from dragons. You called them Make Dragons. What was he going to do with them?"
"You both had your chance to surrnder, plus you are involved in unlawful activities. And if I were you, I'd be more worried about your own life, then your friends."