Having gotten a good deal on the horse that he had his eye on, Duncan met with Eliza at the promised time and they both rode back towards the mansion. Seeing the beginnings of a crowd gathering near the front gate of the mansion Duncan angled his horse and the one he was trailing along for Lady Gwen towards the back of the property and slid in through the back gates. The guards at the gate sneered but said nothing as he rode past.<br/><br/>"Take those up to the Lady, Eliza and tell her that all's well." he said as he headed towards the stables. Duncan lead both horses into their own stalls and began rubbing down each horse with care. He made sure that they had enough hay before he walked up towards the mansion.<br/><br/>He spent the rest of the day sharpening Dragon's Bane and going through some Katas as the night came. He slept 2 hours and awoke well before first light and put on his traveling cloak over his light weight mail shirt which looked like any other shirt. The chain mail shirt had tiny links that were worked into the fabric painstakingly by a Hiyawa tribe-woman who are said to spend a good year weaving just one single mail shirt. The money he spent on it was more than worth it.<br/><br/>Duncan looked at the mirror and was satisfied that he looked as casual as he wanted to. He slid out the back door and tip toed through the trees towards the back gate and peered at the two guards who stood nodding off every now and then. He needed to slip by them unnoticed if the plan were to succeed as he didn't want them to idly mention that they saw him sneak out. He approached them silently from behind and hit one guard in the back of his head with his hilt and as he fell down silently elbowed the second one in the jaw before he knew what was happening. Both guards slide to the ground with a thud and lay unconscious.<br/><br/>Duncan slid into the stables and calmed the two horses with soothing whispers before saddling them up and walking them out the gate. He moved silently out and gave a low hoot mimicking an owl as he waited for signs of the others. He felt Aurora even before he saw her move out of the shadows towards him and smiled.<br/><br/>"A fine night to be out wandring these streets, Aurora." he said as he moved towards her. "I trust your sword arm is well rested?"<br/>