The look Navia gave Théadan appeared to be one of incredulity, was it so surprising he desired to be cooler in all this Khluri heat he had to wonder. As it turned out it was his desire to be fanned through the rest of the jungle that had surprised her, Théadan had not realised they would be travelling through jungle for almost the entirety of their journey to Mandira, and that would be far too long for her to continually be fanning him. Knowing now they would be in the jungle for quite some time yet, Théadan was now more acutely aware of the constant sound in the jungle, the heat he felt and how the very air felt thick from all the moisture in it. He did not mind travelling through it for a day, but more than that, this journey was going to be a bit tougher on him than he had first realised.<br/><br/>Navia did agree to his wager though, offering to fan him for the rest of the day should he win, but she was quick to assert her own side of the wager, deciding she wanted him to write in the journal tonight and make the entry particularly complimentary of her abilities on horse back, to an exaggerated degree. The thought of it drew a chuckle from Théadan and he was sure there was ways he could twist that. "Deal." He agreed with a nod, deciding it would only cost him a little bit of his pride to shower praise on Navia in the manner she desired. It quickly became clear she was eager to win this one too, and fully prepared to use any means necessary to gain an advantage on him as she was only a moment later hurtling off down the path urging Varinata into a sprint.<br/><br/>"She's always making these wagers, and always trying to win them in an underhanded manner." Théadan muttered to Wyn with a shake of his head. His hands tightened on the reigns a moment later and spoke his command, "Arash." Sending Wyndagar off in hot pursuit. Théadan had no worries about them catching up to Navia and Varinata, he was fully confident in Wyn's ability even in the stifling heat of Khlurios. Wyn had ran in similar conditions before, he may not have become fully acclimatised to it since returning to Khlurios, but he was sure he had the strength to catch them regardless. No the problem was with passing the pair, the path would twist and grow thin often, making it a case of going through one by one, in those moments there was simply no way for them to overtake, if they were to get ahead, they would have to pick their moment.<br/><br/>Focused on Navia as Théadan was he only just noticed them head left down a fork in the road, but quickly put it to the back of his mind, Navia would know which way she was going, she had traveled out to Ghatni from Mandira and back again before, and she had said she knew the jungle. Instead of putting any more thought into it, Théadan focused on encouraging Wyndagar to catch up with Varinata, though once right behind them, he seemed to ease a little in his pace, not willing to force way around and into the lead. Théadan gave an encouraging kick to the flanks but it yielded little extra from Wyndagar, forcing Théadan to lean a little forward to speak to his horse quiet enough so Navia wouldn't hear over the sounds of their horses hooves through the jungle. "Wyn, I know you like her, but we're racing to win here." The horse had been acting up ever since the boat journey, making Théadan wonder if he was still upset about it, or perhaps still feeling the effects of having been couped up in a hold for a month. "Come on, show off a little to Vari." He encouraged giving a tug to the reins the moment there was a gap wide enough in the path for him to draw alongside.