"Let's rest for a minute?" Rook half asked, half demanded as she set down her bow and quiver, then plopped herself down on the trunk of a fallen tree, wiped a small bead of sweat from her forehead, and took a drink of the tepid water in her waterskin.  

Though it was only spring, it was a warm day, too warm for the multiple layers she was wearing.  But she was reluctant to discard the extra garments, knowing she would miss them once the sun went down.  "We've got to be getting really close," she commented after a few moments.  She pulled out a folded piece of parchment to study it, though by now, they'd looked at the map so much she could have probably recreated it from memory.  

"Maybe the ruins are just over that hill?" she said optimistically, still confident that they could find the rumored treasure if only they could locate the ancient ruins and find a way inside. 


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