Ithi'Ka finds the sensation of hovering to be... well, unnerving... but she's willing to accept it.  She also doesn't want to admit that she's never skated on ice before.  "The south road," she says with a nod.  "We have about twenty miles to go."  She will pace herself on this trek... though she wants to beat the morning there, she has no intention of showing up exhausted if there's a possibility of a fight.<br/><br/>Taking to the idea fairly easily, thanks to her natural balance and speed.  On the way, once they've reached the main road, she speaks to the monk more freely.  "A shapeshifter from the city... was taken here.  I don't know if it was willingly.  But I must know, before confronting the... ah, kingpin, they call it?  I must know how it is involved with the devil... a lieutenant was killed by them, and this shifter helped it happen."  She blinks and studies Kasumi for a reaction.  "You have a relationship with Sam, I know."  She seems embarrassed to speak of it, or perhaps afraid that some tinge of her inner turmoil over such desires may be too evident.  "That is not why I called for your aid."<br/><br/>A moment's pause, and she adds, "I will make this up to you."