<span style="color: #FF4000"><br/>Little Fox watched with a little curiosity as Terran freed her snared foot, occasionally sucking in a sharp hiss of air through her teeth in pain. Once settled a little more comfortably atop the packs, she listened in turn to each of the men as they spoke to her, with solemn, green eyes taking it all in. She waited in continued silence as her ankle was checked over, cleaned and dressed. Really, she was trying to appear brave in front of them, and the only real giveaway was a tremble that only Terran would have felt with his hands on her, along with a crease of pain across her forehead. These were clearly seasoned, hardened men, and she wasn't about to appear to be the sniveling youngling, and a female to boot.<br/><br/>It was common knowledge that most folks didn't take kindly to Jace's line of work, so she'd learned to keep some things to herself. However, she figured the very least she owed the two, for coming to her rescue, was some sort of answers to their questions.<br/><br/>"Thank-you-so-very-much-for-helping-me!" The words came out in a rush, sounding more like a single word, than a sentence. The young woman took a deep, slow breath, ignoring the painful throb in her ankle, and flashed a nervous smile at Jay and Terran, each in turn. She was rather relieved to hear her bones were whole, but she wasn't yet ready to test her weight on the thing, so she remained perched, just a little uncomfortably, atop the pack pony and its various burdens.<br/><br/>"I don't know anything about this Citadel you're going to, but I've been traveling north for a couple days. There's supposed to be some ... cave. Or was it a deserted something...?" Her voice trailed off in bewilderment. "Crap." Jace shrugged and grinned. "Guess that's what I get for not hearing a full conversation. Anyway, whatever it is, it's supposed to be about a day's ride East of the Citadel, and hiding some kind of ... plant that can cure my mother." She didn't owe these men the whole truth...did she?<br/></span>