<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/98/5b/d8985b98a1edf0a3b46e0dbc84993f46.jpg)</div><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/9e/7b/c4/9e7bc4f627de4b3d9ee11374dca660db.jpg)<strong></strong></div><div align="center">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/11/ff/f8/11fff896403dc7855fea201c8d88d00b.jpg)(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fa/8a/e6/fa8ae6cc4f30eecc8312ea4430a318d7.jpg)</div><div class="floatright"><div align="center"><strong>Songbird</strong></div></div><div class="floatleft"><div align="center"><strong>Hawk</strong></div></div><div align="center"><strong>Sergeant Mullhaja                                                         Takxi</strong></div><hr/>The next day sees the caravan heading off, the small group of five now heading into the interior of the desert.   A different mood is settled over the group for various reasons.  First, there has been no symmetry between Sergeant Mullhaja and Takxi.   Not like there had been with him and Keli.   Songbird seems depressed,  the farther they moved away from the caravan.   The Hawk also is more subdued.  Of all his state seems to be the one following suit to what is expected.   He is being taken to his demise.   Or one would assume such.<br/><br/>Darius had not followed up in finding out what the kobold had been spouting off about before they had come back from the sunken dune of the scorpion swarm.  One more piece of the puzzle.<br/><br/>Because she had fallen asleep.  She had missed him coming back.   Because of her punishment, she had been in pain, and it had taken away  her normal arousal.  She was not one to crave pain.   It did not heighten her arousal.  She do anything to avoid being punished.  However, her thoughts are more with her master.   He seemed wrapped up in his thoughts.   Spurring her horse to move alongside his.<br/><br/>"Master are you alright?  I can listen, I am good at listening."