<div class="floatright">(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb117/hopefox17/Marano1.png)</div>Katul chuckled and loosened the rope so that Rose could slip her robes on underneath the loop. He paused for a moment, then handed the remainder of the coil of rope to her. "You should hold this," he explained. "I've got a lot of other equipment to manage, and it's only fair that you hold the reins."<br/><br/>He worked his way along the path, reaching up to brush his fingertips against her hand. "We are a hard people, I will admit," he said as he walked. "And ours is a hard life. But we are free, every man and woman among us. The men fight and hunt, the women forage and cook and tend our camps, and fight when they must. We work together to earn our survival and our freedom, when the world would take both from us in a moment."<br/><br/>Katul continued up the path until he came to the opening in the cavern wall, and looked down into the room with four doors. "We're up here!" he called, craning his neck to look for Alesandra, Zabeth and Three. "There's a path here that leads... somewhere."