The fury of the night's storm had passed, and Wei woke to the sound of birds and the feel of Li snuggled against her back.  The morning sun was bright and strong and for a moment she dreaded the opening of her eyes, surely her head would ache if the sun felt as it did already, and the birds so loud.  She felt him stir and slowly, carefully opened one eye as he sat up.  A bit of worn stone faced her.  Her other eye opened, it was still there. She blinked in confusion a few times before bolting upright herself, her travelling roll falling away from her bared chest and looked around at their surroundings, now a camping place set amongst the ruins of rock.<br/><br/>She looked at Li who was already chattering with the customary aplomb she had come to expect, very little seemed to faze the man and he was already commenting on the success of their adventures of the night before, the spiritual ones anyway.  Li's smile at the end also made clear his feelings of the other adventure, and she stretched lazily and unabashed while she returned it.<br/><br/>There were two others near Madame Shu, still curled up in their blankets,  all of the others had disappeared and Wei suppressed her uneasiness at the thought of such spirits and their tricks.<br/><br/>Tugging her undershirt and shorts back on she went in search of her canteen and withdrew to wash and dress for the day.  Upon her return she nodded in approval at Jiao-Jie's preparations and dress, then set about making a quick and small fire for tea as she readied her own belongings and horse.  It looked like a good day to travel, and the future seemed bright.