It was the noise that drew her attention, but the sight of the Snakes guarding the door that caused her to head over.

"Hello, gentlemen," she said with a winning smile, right before she punched one in the face, breaking his nose and kicked the other into the wall, and he slumped to the ground unconscious. Then she waltzed into the china shop like she owned it, just in time to hear the shopkeeper's frantic agreement.

"Now, now," Valdis said, not even bothering to reach for any of her weapons, "If you break all his goods, how is he supposed to pay you?"