09-07-2016, 05:18 PM
"More like I'm riding with."
"I suspect the battle is happening north or east of us, I don't believe Pherae is safe any longer. We could try our luck with Caelin. Unless...someone has a better plan?"
Caelin was closer to Santaruz than Tania was - and Ellie wasn't sure she liked that plan. Given the fiasco with the keepers mere nights before, word was sure to have made its way there first. She thought briefly, how to push the group to Bern?
"Caelin? It would only be suitable for hiding for a short time. We should be able to breathe more easily in Bern."
That'll do, I suppose.
Shad made a case for avoiding Pherae, leaving not much aside from Bern in their stead - it seemed Ellie was going home.
"My family has a safe house in Bern. If this map is correct, it should be roughly on the other side of the mountains. The only trouble we might run into would probably be bandits attacking refugees. We could stay there and assess the situation. Looking at this map though, I think that might be our only option. The sister at the church told me about a missive that arrived from Santaruz, so Caelin must have gotten it too. We'd most likely have to go through the Lycian and Bernese armies to get to Khathelet and the situation around Pharae is too much of unknown to really risk it. But that's just my opinion."
Shad headed towards Fred, asking him a more personal question - Ellie wasn't listening at this point, her mind instead turning to her family; more specifically, her brother. Perhaps she could reach out and Bern would answer. The group sped up to rejoin Fred as they headed off towards Bern.
"Now then, where were we? Ah, yes, where to go... Bern. It's our only hope for sanctuary right now. We're hemmed in on all other ways, are we not?"
"If we reach Bern, I may know someone who can tell us what the army is up to," Ellie snuck a glance in Fred's direction before turning to look at Paige. "I hadn't thought of it before, but my brother is one of Bern's riders."
"I suspect the battle is happening north or east of us, I don't believe Pherae is safe any longer. We could try our luck with Caelin. Unless...someone has a better plan?"
Caelin was closer to Santaruz than Tania was - and Ellie wasn't sure she liked that plan. Given the fiasco with the keepers mere nights before, word was sure to have made its way there first. She thought briefly, how to push the group to Bern?
"Caelin? It would only be suitable for hiding for a short time. We should be able to breathe more easily in Bern."
That'll do, I suppose.
Shad made a case for avoiding Pherae, leaving not much aside from Bern in their stead - it seemed Ellie was going home.
"My family has a safe house in Bern. If this map is correct, it should be roughly on the other side of the mountains. The only trouble we might run into would probably be bandits attacking refugees. We could stay there and assess the situation. Looking at this map though, I think that might be our only option. The sister at the church told me about a missive that arrived from Santaruz, so Caelin must have gotten it too. We'd most likely have to go through the Lycian and Bernese armies to get to Khathelet and the situation around Pharae is too much of unknown to really risk it. But that's just my opinion."
Shad headed towards Fred, asking him a more personal question - Ellie wasn't listening at this point, her mind instead turning to her family; more specifically, her brother. Perhaps she could reach out and Bern would answer. The group sped up to rejoin Fred as they headed off towards Bern.
"Now then, where were we? Ah, yes, where to go... Bern. It's our only hope for sanctuary right now. We're hemmed in on all other ways, are we not?"
"If we reach Bern, I may know someone who can tell us what the army is up to," Ellie snuck a glance in Fred's direction before turning to look at Paige. "I hadn't thought of it before, but my brother is one of Bern's riders."
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