Zel nodded. "We'll meet you here then; tomorrow morning."<br/><br/>Seeing no other matters or pressing concerns to discuss, Zel began making his way back down the path toward Veloen. He was beginning to realize that he'd grown almost used to hearing the others' footsteps along with his; Larea's light and quiet step, Sigrun's,<span style="font-style: italic">somehow</span>, purposeful sounding step, accompanied by the unmistakable clanking of her armor, and Ahmaht's strong and steady, but not loud, step. It made him glad that so many of them had decided to continue to travel with him, even though he could see no pressing reason for any of them to do so. Well, perhaps Larea had a reason, but that was besides the point.<br/><br/>Once again, the trip from the lake all the way back to the inn took about an hour. By now, the sun was in the latter half of the sky. It looked like they had the time to do something--perhaps some last minute sight seeing around town--before dinnertime and preparing for the trip. Zel was used to bringing some emergency rations with him and mostly living off the land when he traveled. But he'd considered the fire Keirus mentioned, and wondered if there'd be enough forest left to support the lot of them for however long they might be there. He'd decided to stay on the safe side and plan to bring a little extra food this time, hopefully something that would last a while.<br/><br/>As for packing, Zel couldn't be sure about the others (though he hoped they didn't have too much to carry with them), but most of his things were already ready for travel. He planned to do a quick inventory check before they left, but all of his things were already in his bag, sitting peacefully in his room at the inn. It was one of those practical cloth shoulder bags, the same color as the rest of his clothes. As the proper... let's call him a 'jack-of-all-trades'... that he was, he of course had to have some possessions other than the clothes on his back and a sword. One might be surprised what one could fit into a mid-sized cloth bag...