Callie had chosen poorly, as it turned out, since it took hours to reach the next inn. At least the duo - Karuna seemed to be half-sleep-walking by the time - stumbled on an inn before the light went out there. A youth, brushing some straw from his clothes, greeted them warily at first, then with a glint of interest in his eyes when they knocked on the courtyard's gate. "Travellers? Got lost?"