<div style="text-align: justify;">Brietta also slept like a baby for a few hours. She had no idea how long it had lasted, but the girl was out cold the minute she fell on the bed. It was a nice stretch, and Brietta had a few pleasant dreams as she rested. Ian only took a short nap, and then stayed awake to alert Lizette when it was the time.<br/><br/>As soon as he smelled and heard different people, he woke Lizette and nodded. It was time for her to go, before the battle started and she had to stay. Brietta could still have a few minutes for herself.<br/><br/>He slipped to the door and opened it silently, returning to his place. He wanted to keep everything as normal as it could be until the right moment. So, he waited for Lizette to leave and then started preparing breakfast. Brietta woke up smelling the food and stretched.<br/><br/>"Are they here?", she asked softly. Ian nodded. "Go wash yourself and come eat, child", the men spoke up, gesturing for her to act as though everything was just normal.<br/><br/>Brietta went to wash off obediently, paying attention to her surroundings.<br/><br/>A little far from Ian's house, the barbarians had already started raiding the town, but slowly, to make sure the whole populace didn't have time to run. As Lizette passed by, a barbarian boy, probably younger than herself, made a split-second decision and started chasing her. She was going somewhere, and he had every intention to know where.</div>