Eccelisa simply smiled at the child, amused that Dasavi still held the false thought that the one they had run into was a woman. She shut the lamp, and slung the bow over her shoulder. Motioning the girl to follow her in the near darkness, she crep forward. The trees whispered overhead in the gentle wind and an owls hoot was heard in the distance. Eccelisa stopped in confusion and she felt the child close behind. A chill ran through the marrow of her bones when the owl hooted. It was not yet time for the owl to be out hunting. That meant that something was out there, and it was making the animals uneasy. Making her uneasy.<br/><br/>Eccelisa ducked when a sound of hooves came near. None of the village women rode animals. And it sounded too heavy to be a deer. Raising her blue eyes to peek over the tangled brush, her eyes widened and she shot back down. A beast was out there, blacker than night and it's four legs where long and sinewy, ending in a thick hoof about the size of her palm. Its neck was proud, its tail thin, ending in a tuff of fur and two hooks of metal that glintered in the faint light. Atop the beast was a human figure in a cloak that seemed to drink in all the light around it. Eccelisa looked to the sky and drew a downward stroke against her forehead using her thumb as a sign against evil. She knew the rider. She knew what it was looking for. It was looking for revenge against Eccelisa.