<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier new;">(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/chachi9/ashley2-1.jpg)</span><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier new;">Ashley had just nodded her assent to Imogene’s request for a moment alone when the mayhem began. Now they were speaking of Falkovnia warriors giving chase to a lone noble woman! Ashley’s heart went out to the poor soul. Suddenly, a vision was upon Ashley and it had to do with the noble woman... Again the vision was unclear, long silver hair entwined in …what she could not see, a splatter of blood across the lady’s cheek, and eyes… eyes that Ashley could drown in. Clearing her head of the vision, Ashley looked at the other women in the carriage. "Ladies, while the men surely will not fail us, it does behoove us to do what we can to protect ourselves." With and air of industry, she set making the carriage more secure. Ashley saw Emily slide onto the floor, and with a gentle smile, she picked up the child and set her carriage pillow under her and moved her away from the danger of the door to a more secure seat near the middle of the floor.<br/>Offering first Emily a smile of calm reassurance and then her friends, Ashley spread her lap rugs onto the rest of the carriage floor and motioned for her friends to sit. She then began to remove the seat cushions on her side of the carriage to add padding against the windows should any arrows strike. She motioned for the other women to do the same. Ashley’s task done, she looked around for something to give some seal to the door. Seeing Edward’s discarded walking stick, Ashley shoved the stick through the door handle and door side, letting it act as a bar. Surveying her work, Ashley shrugged her shoulders as she turned to her friends, "Anyone have any have anything with them that we can defend ourselves with?"</span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 1em;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;">Ashley then sat down next to Emily and offered her a sweet from her reticule.</span></span>