Masako just kept going with a sigh, the stones werenâ??t hard on her feet but it was uncomfortable to feel her barefoot slap against the flat rocks. Sometimes sheâ??d step on a bump which made her wince some as they continued along. The guy didnâ??t seem like he was that bad, maybe sheâ??d give him a chance and hear him out some, heâ??d done the same for her afterall; fair was fair.  But he had a point, going in the barest essentials would be very hard on the walk back to Etana; sheâ??d rather go alone but that wouldnâ??t be too safe either as anyone could see the silver collar and try to claim her as a slave again.  â??Alright donâ??t worry about it.â? she said, when he went to untie the cord heâ??d see the long leaf shapes spearhead she was keeping in the band of the raggedy thong.<br/><br/>Surprised he didnâ??t take it, she heard it clatter to the floor when she stepped away and behind a barrel to change. Sheâ??d blink at the sizes. â??At least you managed to guess my sizes right enough, most people canâ??t.â? Masako said as she continued to dress and put the spear-turned-knife into the belt provided. (usually tunics were secured with one around the waist.)<br/><br/>â??And youâ??re right itâ??d be a bad idea to walk barefoot all the way back home.â? She said. â??Let me ask you one thingâ?¦whyâ??d you buy me from that dwarf? Was it because of my singing? Iâ??d like to know why so I know if I should go more abrasive than a sharkâ??s skin or give you a chance. So far you donâ??t seem so bad.â? She said as she hopped around, trying to get the left boot up.<br/><br/>-----<br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:red">As Nall headed out of the gates, he'd pass by two merchants that looked roughed up; one with a black eye and the other limping severly and two nearly empty wagons. They were complaining about being robbed ...someone in the Great Green with black hair and wild eyes.  Saying something about being jumped along the Greenway between the silver road and the green river near Calenost, but not near the red river. Deep in the heart of the Forest, they were staying to the protected single-wagon wide trail through the Forest.</span>