No. Or... not exactly.

Gnome was a different person before and after I told her I was taking her to Ashti and the Guard. Confident before, terrified to the point of madness after. And some of the locals seem to act kind of funny when Ashti's name comes up. They've never said anything while I've been around, but they do seem... bothered in some way.

Maybe it's all nothing, but I figure it can't hurt to pay a little more attention to her.