Well. That was certainly one way to end the disagreement. Koe dusted off his tunic with a casual, slow hand. As every movement hurt it was impossible to tell what was injured and what was not. Everything ached. He couldn't approve of such violence as that, but then he'd not offered an alternative solution before the matter was decided. Best not to tell her how the situation could have been improved. Best not to tell her that viciousness was the sign of a lost soul. Best not to tell her that he'd done worse, for less cause. Best especially not to tell her that he was sorry the fellow was going to die. She did not seem the sort of creature who appreciated subtlety. Which was also a good reason not to tell her that he didn't think she would have understood a song subtle enough to avoid their notice.
In fact, she did not seem as if she possessed much cleverness at all. But the barkeep would accept that he behaved in character for his situation - and that meant he could come back here when he thought it would do him good.
"I'm not taking this personally," Koe told her with a grimace; somehow he found his feet. "I know you're on edge at the moment."
And who wouldn't be? One was clutching his face with dry fingers; as if that would somehow save his life. Eyes ruptured, leaking fluid on the ground. Insanity of every kind unfolding around him as though it were the most natural thing in the world. And she was spitting fire about bards who did nothing. She hadn't even asked any questions - nor tried to explain. These were the savages for whom he was pretending to work. Yet there was something interesting, about her and about this situation.
What if Urill had not finished? Were they planning on finishing themselves? And what in the name of all the hells one could imagine did they think they were going to do about the female?
"They see uniforms of a certain kind and they lose their minds," Koe said ruefully, to explain his own predicament without alluding to it directly. "Though they didn't trouble the other two Riders. Must have thought the young one looked like trouble."