"This one does not really need to pack," Wu said, patting his stomach.  "All that this one has, he carries with him.  So one of us at least can escort you to your lodgings.  Beyond that...hmmm...well, you have a good point about the docks, and I must agree that overland travel is more likely to go unnoticed.  We can always take the river from one of the villages along the way.  Your foes cannot possibly have eyes everywhere, can they?"<br/><br/>This, had he thought about it a moment longer, might well have been an inauspicious thing to say!