"Nae, I've nothing attend to," her thoughts briefly returned to Poobums, but she quickly dismissed them. She had grieved his loss once already, and was not keen on doing it another time. "And I dinna mind the company. Me dah is set fer a while, I never leave him wanting much. I can hunt on the road." She smiled at Ecgleofu . Usually she preferred to travel alone, but she liked the girl and a companion would help distract her. "Let's be on our way. I dinna have a horse, so I might slow yeh down.
She watched as Haffys approached with Ecgleofu's horse. She thought about the secret Haffys had told her one more time, and she thought about the girl. She gave Haffys a long, lingering long, and thought about asking him about her (his hesitancy to answer her the night before had just strengthened her suspicion that Gark was also involved in the girl's disappearance) but she sighed a long sigh, and decided it was a waste of time."Let's be on our way then." she said to Ecgleouf.



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