Vanestria was sent away by the first caravan master she talked to, refused an offer of employment as a mercenary in a raid before she talked to the second caravan master, and finally found one who would travel south-east - though with a supply collumn for a mercenary force laying siege to a castle in south-eastern Tethyr. The master of the caravan - an oficer named Sir Juan y Malages - made a good impressison on her, and the caravan would not have much trouble with bandits judging from the size of its guards - most of them reinforcmeents for the battle. With her services in defense of the caravan, a stipulation of not being required for offensive operations, and her food and other needs covered like those of the soldiers, she struck a rather decent deal, in her opinion, and could spend the night as she pleased before the caravan left in the morning.