“Thank you Rowan.” said Thane. The silence was a funny thing, he hadn’t really noticed it until it was suddenly gone, causing him to pause in his step. He eyed the men with him, staring into the woods as if afraid of being attack and said in a disapproving voice, “Keep moving. We have nothing to fear from this place.”<br/><br/>He looked around and nodded to himself in approval at the changes being made at camp. He immediately sent for a pair messengers and barked out orders, “You, go and fetch me a novice’s robe. You have ten minutes. You, find whoever is in charge of undermining the walls, I would Things were improving, but the chain of command was meaningless if he could get the gates open, and he was damned if he was going to risk some weak willed fool trying to tell him no. He would get the gate open on his own, and then even the worst and most foolish of the officers in camp would know what to do after that.<br/><br/>Once the messenger had brought him the robe he requested he handed it to the girl. “Put this on. It will make things run more smoothly. If anyone asks you what you are doing tell them you have been assigned to be my aide.”