"Then we'll go back to you house and take what we'll need for departure tomorrow." The man nodded and got to his feet. "We leave before nightfall. Your mother was already packing to leave." He checked a brass pocket timepiece, "We need to hurry, we'll leave under the shadow of dusk."<br/><br/>"Worried about the army?" The younger man asked in English, "It may be a few more days before the city will be under attack. Evacuation, the panic, this would make escaping impossible."<br/><br/>"Yes." He stated flatly in heavily accented English, "The professor will have a fit if we let anything go."<br/><br/>"Power-users... they're the work of the devil."<br/><br/>The older man only sighed and pulled his cap lower.<br/><br/>(Will let you set up the scene when she returns home.)