<div class="floatright">(http://www.clydecaldwell.com/jpgs/large_images/azure_bonds.jpg)</div><br/>Marissa readied her own shield in a move instinctivly echoing her sister's.  "Aye, let's get a move on.  Someone may need our help.  Perhaps the bard will join us for a ways on the hike so we can hear what he has to say?"