Everything stood still for a moment after she gave him that quick peck on the cheek, something that surely wasn't as big of a deal to her as it was to the young man she'd given it to. Of course, he didn't stand there stunned for very long. He was a man, however young, and had things that needed to be done. Very very important things, like not dying. But, he was a little more dreamy than usual as he walked back to the stirrups of his own horse. Tobo still sat on the pommel of his saddle, there, looking like everything couldn't be better. Surely the cat knew of the danger pressing in on them at that moment, just as the horses did, but it sure didn't look like it. Just as every cat Brom had ever seen his whole life, this one seemed to lounging around like it owned the place.<br/><br/>"I'll be right beside you." He told her, as if promising to do exactly as she ordered... which was what he did plan to do. She commanded, he did, that was how it worked. But if there ever came a time to break an order, now was the time. If he needed to protect her then anything else was secondary.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">We'll get on board that boat, Niah.</span>He thought as he watched her rear up and then begin galloping off.<span style="font-style: italic">But, if I don't, at least I'll die with that kiss on my cheek.</span><br/><br/>Brom spurred his horse on to follow after Niah, which was no easy thing. She had the finest race horse for miles, and he had a trusty old warhorse.