Watching her display with the coins Nirael had to admit she made a good point. If their object could be hidden, then their foes would find it difficult to follow them, but if they were able to pinpoint the other half of the object even when it was in his presence, then that meant they'd always have a good idea where to start searching.<strong>"As long as they have the piece they'll be after us, and if they can detect the other piece in my possession, they will have a chance to track us no matter where we go."</strong>He grit his teeth together at that.<strong>"I would say you make a very good point, and one worth remembering."</strong>He nod at her at the time, the words about visiting the sheriff met with a simple nod and his steps following her own.<br/><br/>The news weren't good, he had expected they'd be trailed seeing as she had wanted them to get on the move earlier, but at least they had a warning and the foe was on the move to the wrong direction for the time being. At least he hoped they were. It might be they were simply returning to their master again and finding out where they should search next.<strong>"If they are this close, we should make haste. We'll get the horses and be gone, we'll ride south for a while and see if we spot any signs of someone chasing us. If we do, we'll likely have to turn and fight, but if we have managed to slip by just when they're not paying attention, we'd best make full use of it."</strong>He flashed her a smile, the plan made in his opinion for the time being. Nodding his head a little at this he headed back to the stables in a hurry with her.<br/><br/>Waving at the old man and the young lad while they began to get the horses ready for the road again, he remained silent until they'd gotten out of the place and put a little distance between them and the town. He let out a long breath at this, finally speaking up.<strong>"Even if we were to head to the mage for help, I wouldn't think it fair for you to have to sacrifice one of your possessions, and certainly wouldn't risk the artefact in his hands. I would simply ask for a spell to be cast on us both to allow us to travel the distance more easily, but it might be something that would require a high price otherwise, and a mage of such power might have task in mind that would not be any safer to us than dealing with Marda ourselves."</strong>He grunted. There might not be too much time to deal with things like this soon.<br/><br/><strong>"Do you think the object might be masked by my presence, by merely being held by me since it was 'seeking me out'? Or do you believe they still have the one in their possession leading them right to us? Because if they are coming, I really think we need one alive to question. Mercenaries and thugs answer to power, and coin. I can probably give them a good enough reason to spill, and start to feel it might be good to take out some of these thugs of Marda."</strong>He muttered this somewhat angrily.<strong>"We'll have to watch if they are firmly on our tail as we go along, if it seems so, we'll turn and trap one of them, kill the others if we have to."</strong>He sighed heavily at this but shook his head then.<strong>"If they're willing to serve a demon for a hunt like this they've probably got more than their fare share of other evil deeds in their name already."</strong>