The girls went off to take a bathe, and Silas proceeded to do... whatever he was planning to do with Kressle. (link) (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=175601)<br/><br/>It turned out that Kressle was speaking the truth about the river after all. A ways south of the camp they struck the Thorn river. It was relatively narrow, spanning sixty feet across, but flowed dangerously swift and deep. Here, though, the river widened temporarily and the bottom rose up to a shallow pebble-lined riverbed that came only up to waist height.<br/><br/><hr/><hr/><br/>By the time the group reconvened at the campsite, the sun had just set and darkness was swiftly falling. Silas was finished asserting his alpha male status over Kressle and presentable once more. It was then that the singing could be heard, in rough men's voices out of tune.<br/><br/><em>From there to here<br/>From here to there<br/>All black and brown<br/>And covered in hair<br/><br/>He smelled that girl<br/>In summer air<br/>The bear, the bear<br/>And maiden fair</em><br/><br/>The four men were returning to camp in high spirits. Two of them held torches to light their way while the other two were carrying the spoils of the hunt - a meaty boar - between them.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">As mentioned before, if you decide to kill them, it's an automatic victory, or you can try to recruit them.<br/></div></div>