Teft decided that he'd have to have a private chat with Camilla at some point in the near future. Whatever her game, he wasn't having a bar of it... and he'd rather not wake up one morning to find she'd dissappeared with all their valuables. He didn't blame marcus for being so enraptured by her, but he had no intentions of making the same mistake... No matter how ridiculously seductive she was.<br/><br/>He forced his attention back to Marcus. The kid was going on about sailing upriver. Teft groaned internally. Sailing on the coast, or a river mouth was very different from sailing upstream, where the river narrowed, and the current picked up. Teft was no sailor, but even he knew that much. There'd be precious little room to tack, even with the right winds, and rowing against the current would be similarly inefficient. They'd make better time on foot.<br/><br/>"Begging your pardon, but I was meaning that we should follow one of the riverbanks. And, y'know, walk. Shouldn't have too much trouble fording most of the tributaries. "<br/><br/>He paused before adressing marcus's other point. It was a good one.<br/><br/>"Actually, I reckon the rivers ought to be relatively untried. Following the river's gonna add a lot of time, with all the bends and whatnot... something a more experienced group isn't gonna look at favorably. Frankly, I don't reckon we got the experience for that approach though. Certainly don't seem to be working for anyone else though. That don't mean we shouldn't  be wary of the river neither, though. Bound to be a few surprises awaiting us at least."<br/><br/>