"No time like the present."<br/><br/>Adnan takes the lead, encouraging his mount to canter.  Indira takes the rear of the party, as if reassuring herself that nobody's straggling.  Where you end up in between is up to you...<br/><br/>Riding out through the city takes about an hour, even this early.  The citizens do not cheer and wave (much), preferring to go about their business as they would normally.  There are signs of continued revelry here and there, as some taverns have remained open all night and are only now closing.<br/><br/>Finally through the gate, where the guards simply wave the party through, Adnan calls a halt a brief while later.  Wheeling his mount, he laughs and nods to Jacob.<br/><br/>"Choose a direction, little brother--East, West, or North?"