"I will not invite you, but I can hardly stop you, can I?" she replies, somewhat brusquely.<br/><br/>The next week passes fairly uneventfully, aside from her growing closer and more open with him as time passes, though when she consciously notices it, she gets irritated and moves further away from him, often 'scouting ahead', rather than give in to the urge to touch him. They avoid cities, unless Draiss insists, until they reach the capitol of the next region, where Ovai, the mounted knight, resides. Naturally, this is a region renowned for the horses raised here, bred for their strength and endurance, said to produce some of the best warhorses in the world. The city is designed with numerous stables, and wide lanes to accommodate riders, as well as a fairly large crew that works at cleaning the streets regularly.