"The horse talked to me first." Felix joked as walked over smiling, "There should be a village not far from here, but it would be quite late when we would arrive. So our choices are set up camp here or risk riding during the night so we can get to the village." He looked over at Victoria, "Personally I'm in favor of the first option, it leaves us less open to bandit raids." He shivered a bit at the thought of bandits. The last time he ran into one was when his mother died. He was with her coming back from gathering some berries outside the kingdom walls when a band of two or three bandits appeared out of the trees. They tried to take attack Felix so they could make sure no one was alive to witness them taking his mother for slave trading, when his mother got in the way of the attacking bandit, who cut a deep gouge into her neck, killing her instantly. Felix was able to get away, but he was forced to leave his mothers body, which was never found after the attack. He shook the thoughts from his head, a tear fell down his cheek.