Darius stopped abruptly when He felt a hand on his shoulder,"Yes... Rea?" he asked looking around, when he received no answer he just told her. "We are not going to the knights, well not directly anyway". He looked at her again after cleaning his eyes from tears. "We are going to intercept some scholars" he looked at her again. "Don't worry we are just going to talk to them, plus these scholars are knight-scholars, they know all about the knights..." he glanced at the rock distracted. "And, um..." he focused again and put his sword in its scabbard after he realized he still had it out in his hands. He turned abruptly, then glanced back.<br/><br/>"I see you are ready, good..." he went give the signal to open the smaller gate at the north.<span style="color: #0000FF">Be careful, you don't want her to see your hand...</span>The Demon laughed. "Damn..." he whispered hoping she had not seen the blood soaked rag covered hand. "Ok... lets um go." he turned around again as the gate opened, hoping if she did see it she would not bring it up. But then, did she not deserve to know?<span style="color: #0000FF">I would not tell her...</span>The Demon said seriously. Darius glanced back at her and murmured "thank you..." he quietly started, "for, you know" he continued. "For, calming me down..." he smiled after the last words, and then turned to go and saddle the horses. Trying to keep his sadness from showing, he just hoped he was succeeding in the effort.