"Ah, no, just one, a small, older mare, who's not really fit for riding, any more. Her old owner was thinking of butchering her, can you believe that?" Thankfully, locating a couple of strong horses to ride is quite easy, and not terribly expensive, and, soon, they're on the road, north, to the mountain pass, where the attacks are said to come from.<br/><br/>"And, tomorrow, I'll have a spell that will allow us to travel much more swiftly; the horses can move faster, and don't tire anywhere near as easily, which means we move almost three times faster," she explains, as they set out at a comparatively slow pace, for now.