Ulaw glanced intermittently at Lady, his face on the serene end of the spectrum of expressions of masculine moods of recent sexual conquest. "Feel not used and discarded. Merely used...pleasure, worship, and learning alike I see in your near future." He crossed his arms over his chest, and smiled thoughtfully.<br/><br/>Noticing the state of her curious armor, he arched an eyebrow and whistled between his teeth. A moment later Ashran peeked around his frozen tree, and after a bemused moment, laughed lewdly. "You may suit yourself back up proper, Lady!" he hooted. Then he telepathized.<em>We don't want to give a patrol any </em>particular<em> ideas! But if they get them of their own accord...rest assured I'll enjoy sensing over the link! Meantime you just do as you would've had our little bit of fun never transpired, and go about the mission as you would afore! If I've any more specific instructions for you...well, you'll know!</em><br/><br/>Nothing larger or mightier than a deer crossed or used the visible roads for nigh an hour more. But at length, from the north path, came the sounds of hooves, and the heavy lift and fall armored men in saddles.<br/><br/>Six riders came in double file, the first two at least plate-armored and tabarded with the purple-dragon-on-a-shield standard of the likewise-named Purple Dragon Knights, helmed but visibly masculine. The pair in the next rank, the right one a woman in nevertheless androgynous armor, had tabards of a rosier hue and the sunrise emblem of Lathander. The third rank boasted a man much like the first two, and a woman who wore only a breastplate. Bows and lances were the largest and most prominent weapons, although the woman in the last rank had a spear, and only she was helmless, instead letting chestnut hair flow long over a circlet.<br/><br/>