They make slow time, moving across the desert with the exhausted slaves, and sticking close to the river. They find a small pack of crocodiles that they can hunt for meat, and, without much difficulty, reach the city, and deliver the slaves to safety. Finally, a week after they started, they return to where they had begun, to begin delving deeper into the wilds.<br/><br/>(The hex map for this region is nine high, and seven wide; with 1 as the leftmost column, and A as the top row, you are currently in hex I5; you are adjacent to G5 (due north), or H4 (NW) and H6 (NE).)