We walked in this early morning chill for much longer than I would have wanted, and the complaining from the princess, Backstabs, and even Trey didn't really help that much... I guess in hindsight, I probably shouldn't have done that, but I didn't feel like wasting whatever little water we had for this adventure. [i]I guess, next time, I'll make sure we make a camp near a lake... at least then I won't be tempted to do that again...[/i] I thought as we continued unfortunately close to the path. Why we didn't just head into the part of these dry plains that wasn't a path, I'll never know, and, just as expected, a cart, one with a human passenger, stops about fifty feet in front of us. How do I know that it had a human passenger? Well... they decided to start lobbing arrows at us from a distance, after climbing on top of their cart... and they had one of those cowardly beasts known as a horse pulling the thing. Before I could really act, both of the supposed archers decided to shoot at us. One of them aimed... somewhere in Trey's general direction, while the other decided to try to go for my chest. I tried to dodge, but, by the time I saw the arrow coming, it was already too late. I shouted several words nearing on profanity from the pain of it all, and I try to pull the thing out so I can properly heal myself, but... it was stuck in there just a little bit too deep. I could already feel the blood from the wound pouring out, and yet, there wasn't much I could do... worst of all, they'd get a few more hits in before we can even reach them. "H-hurry! G-get in close!... These bow-people are... useless up close!" I painfully shouted to my teammates... at least Backstabs heard me, as she nodded.