<span style="font-style: italic">He does not understand and I am to use... smaller words?</span>The way she thought and spoke was so ingrained into her being it would take considerable effort to alter it, even slightly, so that beings of a lesser intellect could understand her better. That might have been unfair, just because he was a demon didn't mean he was stupid, right? Perhaps it was her dialect or accent he had trouble with, and not the words as such, since as far as she was aware, the words were all used in the common tongue even if somewhat archaic.<br/><br/>Two of the other companions suggested they swim up or down river, either to a settlement or further into the wilderness to lose the chasing demons. The settlement somehow being an 'appropriate destination' didn't sit well with Kykysh who was more at home in the wilderness than any place with a concentrated population. Plus, if they did go there, were seen by the populace and were followed by the demons they would be putting the citizens at risk of harm and the group would be easier to find since the common villagers were generally not known for their courage.<br/><br/>Another good reason for not travelling upriver soon became clear. Garsh cut himself open and squeezed some blood onto a rock, which he threw up-stream. She was shocked at first then slowly smiled as she realised what he was doing, if the demons followed them by scent then what Garsh had done would indeed distract the the demons from the groups path, but for how long?<br/><br/>"We should cross the river here. Then travel up or down river as swiftly as we can, I propose we go downriver as the current can carry us if we swim and we have a certain advantage if one of us cannot." Garsth seemed much too heavy to be a decent swimmer though here he could simply wade through the river since it wasn't so deep and the human with the injured foot could swim with the current without too much of an problem - she hoped. The remainder of the group seemed like good swimmers, at least she had no reason to suspect that they wouldn't be. Kykysh herself swam like a fish.<br/><br/>"Is there anyone who cannot swim? I will get them across if they cannot."