Hilda is too busy looking around and cursing your lack of integrity for leaving without paying to look down where she is cleaning, forcing you to stick as close to the mug as possible and watch how her hand and her wet rag bulldoze through the surface you're standing on. However her movements are calculated and robotic after years of doing the same thing everyday so she leaves the mug, and you, in place until the end while she keeps looking and cursing.
"If he ever sets a foot here again and doesn't have my money I'll destroy him" Hilda bellowed to herself before finally picking up the mug, looking down for a second but not noticing you due to the distortion of the glass.
"Hilda! I'm down here!" you shouted as hard as you can but it was useless, all you could do was trying to grasp the glass and succeeding only for a second before falling down to the table again. Thankfully, Hilda's trained eye managed to saw something that didn't look like dirt falling before razing you with the wet rag.
"What's that?" the Dwarf got closer and let out a gasp when she saw your tiny form that quickly got up and moved his arms before her, finally she noticed you!
"YOU!" Hilda slammed her fist on the table causing an earthquake and sending you flying towards one of the damp spots of the table "You think you can shrink and scurry away without paying? You just made a huge mistake" She quickly used the rag to clean the space you and the mug were before grabbing you, giving you a couple of precious seconds to explain yourself.
"Wait! I didn't want to scurry away.. I need help!" You shout as hard as you can
"What was that? are you apologizing?" Hilda huffed but gave you a chance to repeat yourself getting closer so she could hear you
"What do you mean you just passed out here? We aren't serving any mages today" Hilda said, still a bit angry but at least no longer threatening you with those muscular and to you, giant hands.
"I-I don't know what happened, but I promise I didn't want to leave without paying!" You focus on the most important issue, not getting her mad before asking for her help.
"Hmph. Well, lying or not you're still here, so you can still pay.. Toft will be sad you only had one ale, but once you pay your tab of 5 copper pieces and the tip I can see what I can do" Hilda offered, lying her hand next to you to receive her payment.
"Sure" you said and to sweeten the deal decided to use a silver piece, taking it from your pocket and leaving it on her hand, but you immediately saw the problem, and her frown told you she did too.
"What's that?"
"A silver piece"
"That ain't a silver piece, I can barely see it" Hilda said raising her hand and her tone of voice again
"It is a silver piece! it got shrunk along with me and everything else I carry" you tried to defend yourself but her expression wasn't changing.
"Are you saying you don't have any real money?" she put her hand on the table again and with disdain turned it a bit, sending the shrunken silver piece flying as if it was a piece of lint and scoffing when you went running after it as if it was valuable.
"I will pay you once I grow back, but I need your help!" You begged again, hoping she wasn't so strict about this. Even if it was a shrunken silver piece, at least she could have seen your intentions right?
"Hmm.." Hilda looked down at you again, next to her hand, with an unreadable expression. She looked half angry but also half amused?
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