<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/Y3n5ibZ.png)</div>Larissa had started the journey from her family's estate fired up and full of energy.  She was actually doing something about the slow death of a decline the Ruxvans have been going through since Carrowynn's civil war. She had fought and bled for her family's border holdings, but keeping those lands did them little good if they couldn't use them to pick themselves up. Kasala's proposal was something she could back, something she could sink her teeth into. At least she could say they had tried everything. Her fire turned pensive on the voyage across Lake Asher, as though the water itself had cooled her resolve. Lady Estrella, to whom she spent nearly five years a squire to, and her attention to logistics put those same concerns into Larissa's head.<br/><br/><em>Logistics only matter when you know the situation,</em>Larissa reminded herself. There was no information on Castle Rend, no way to plan until she saw it for herself.<br/><br/>The colourful potions stall be-reffed of wares and adorned with such expressive signs drew the young noblewoman's eyes immediately to it. Larissa could swore she heard Pinna speak every paint word in her head.<br/><br/>The shock of brightness was enough to pull Larissa into better spirits. "I sincerely doubt the end of the world would dampen Pinna's mirth," she said with a laugh. "Let's secure our lodgings - shouldn't take too long. Who knows, we may even spot her along the way."