That will probably be okay - I'm not sure how I'm going to do around strangers after this long alone, but I can come back if it's too much.

How long have you been alone?

Almost two seasons. It's kind of unusual for most kobolds to go more than a few days by themselves, and even that's not something we'd demand of anyone. I've always been better at being by myself than most people but nothing like this.

He hugs her again. I'm so sorry. That's so awful. I'm really mad at them for what they did.

Hug, squeeze. Yeah.

We've never kicked out anyone. So you don't need to be scared.

Hug. Well, if people don't want me to stay, I'm not going to stay anyway, even if they don't do anything besides letting me know. But it helps a lot to know that somebody does want me to. She grins, a bit wryly.

But where would you go?

I can find someplace nice, I bet. If I actually try to. It's already nicer here than I was expecting, even if it turns out that I can't stay.

Please don't leave.

Oh, kid. Such hugs.

I will do my best not to. And if I have to, and you want to come with me, you can.

I can't leave my father, he'd never get over it.

Well, we'll see what happens. I can be pretty charming when I want to, I don't actually think they're going to want me to leave. I just don't know very much about anything, here, and I don't want to make a promise and then not be able to keep it, that wouldn't be fair to you.

Okay. You don't have to go to the gate anytime soon, we can go to my room and sleep there tonight.

Snuggle. I'd like that. Kobolds don't usually sleep alone, that's been hard for me. But I can try for the gate too, if there's time - even if I don't make it, the first try should make the second try easier.

But if you get lost it might take a long time and I'd miss you.

I don't need a pendant to teleport, I just need to know where I'm going, she grins, and hugs him again. I can just come back if I get lost.

Okay. He sits back down. Come back soon.

I will.

She trances and reaches out to examine the surrounding area with her mage-sense, and then teleports to a room a few doors away and one floor down and attempts to find her way out of the palace from there.

...she's not very familiar with buildings of any sort, much less big ones. Caves, yes, but that's only sort of a relevant skill set. This might not go as planned. At least she can teleport through walls, if she can't figure out the doorknobs?

People will see her and be startled and slightly anxious, if not hostile or anything.

Does friendly, confident body language while not actually inviting interaction help? 'Cause she can totally do that.

This does deter people from actually stopping her. They're still definitely staring. Some of them ask questions in their language.

Staring, she'll ignore for now, but questions do get her to stop.

I'm sorry, I don't speak your language yet.

Can we help you find something? How did you end up in the palace?

By magic, unintentionally. I'm trying to find the way out, actually.