"Never? Guess you'd better prepare for a<em>few</em>sore days...Riding is pretty easy once you get the hang of it. The basic gist of it is correct posture during different scenarios," Jeil said. Glancing behind him, he saw Rekka leaning forward to prevent his hood from blowing off his head. "Because we're riding together, you can feel free to lean forward to distribute your weight between us. However, at a walking pace, it's quite unfeasible to do it alone. I suggest finding some way to sit upright without worrying about your hood. You need to distribute your weight evenly." Turning towards Pixie, Jeil mentioned, "Hey Pixie, I hope you don't mind setting a slow pace for today. Figure it would be good for Rekka to get used to riding." After a while, when Jeil noticed that Rekka wasn't depending on him as much to keep from falling, Jeil pushed Rebel into a trot.<br/><br/>At midday, the rain wasn't letting up as the group of three continued upon the road to Beira. Still holding Rebel in a light trot, Jeil's tone turned deadly serious. "Hey, Beira is about 3 days away at a canter, a good 40 leagues away. What are we going to do until we reach there? I've been there before, so I know that there's a town on the way about a day away from Beira, but as far as I know, that's the only place we'll be able to stay. I've also noticed none of you carry blatantly obvious weapons. Other than my hunting bow, which I confess I'm not very good at, I need to know how able are you guys in protecting yourselves. If we do set up camp, and I have a feeling that this is highly likely, this is a dangerous path to spend the night. Experienced thieves and robbers oft travel at night searching for people like us, stuck on a well traveled road having to spend the night. We'll definitely have to hold watches, unless any of you can raise up a ward. And to be frank, I won't travel with you two if whoever was watching my back during my sleep couldn't hold thieves and robbers back until the rest of us had woken up..."