It was late, later than Durien was usually out walking after his shift ended, and after stopping a moment and looking around he was much further out too. He was not prepared for the coming night, it gets warm in the mine with all the work and the bodies he didn't feel the cold until now. There was still snow in the northern end of the field, though it was all hard to acknowledge when you looked up and saw the clear night sky each star shining brightly as if it was the only one in the sky. The crisp air added to the mystique of the moment... voices. Looking around he saw them in a shallow valley of the field though they were a ways off now he could see they were just starting a fire for the night. People out this far at this time of night usually wasn't a good thing. While they could be plain travelers there was the chance they were bandits beginning to set a camp to work ambushes from on the town nearby.<br/><br/>Well I can at least go scout them out, if its a large group I can turn back before they see me and let the guard know, if it's a small enough group maybe I'll take them on myself. Of course they could just be travelers too but we shall see, eh?<br/>Mind made up Durien made his way towards the shouting forms in the near distance, hoping to be done quickly as he was already seeing his breath turn to frost in the air. That and this pick axe gets heavy after a while.