<strong>"We shall see I suppose, what the future brings,"</strong>she said cryptically and ending the conversation for now.  They walked for a bit, it was obvious that Lunari was deep in thought about it.  After a while she agreed that it was probably safe to mount and ride to the next town.<strong>"We can ride at a good clip, be there by lunch time, and let the horses rest while we eat and plan our next move."</strong><br/><br/>She mounted the horse with a practiced ease that showed she had as much familiarity with beasts as she did with blades.  Though the docile nature of these horses didn't make it harder at all.  Once they were mounted she pushed them for a decent trot that would break into short bursts of speed when they'd gallop.  Whenever they'd slow down, she would ask Nirael to tell her about himself.  He couldn't help but notice that she seemed especially interested in his sexual history as well, though she was trying to hide it unsuccessfully.<br/><br/>Eventually the forests began to thin out and a few farms popped up, some abandoned with burned out houses.  Though the devestation looked old, not recent, as if this area simply had too many problems to safely sustain farming.  Before long they saw a wooden palisade that showed the walls of the small trading town.  One road ran north south, the one they were on, but there was also another major road that ran through the small town going mostly east west.  As they closed to the walls, there were farmers out in the fields, and guards could be seen along the walls and at the gates, but the gates were thrown wide open at the moment.  However as they passed through the gates, it was obvious the gates were well lubricated, ready to be closed.  Likely every night they were secured.<br/><br/>Lunari must have been in this town because she led them to a stable.  There an old man greeted her before calling for a child to take the horses.<strong>"Feed and water them, and comb them down and have them ready for us.  We will be back in an hour or so."</strong>she said to the old man who nodded as he accepted a few silver coins from her.<br/><br/>Then turning to Nirael she asked,<strong>"The tavern for some lunch, the one with the map of the region?  Or we could go see the sheriff, maybe see if anyone's been asking about me.  If so they'd likely be the hunters.  Also there's a very good smith in town and an alchemist.  Though other than those two, I don't know that the merchant's square in the center of town will hold much of great interest for you."</strong><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">give me a perception roll in your next post's ooc section please</div></div>