Swims-With-Pride got only a short break before Veria urged him to move on. He complied to the best of this ability and tried to cover as much ground with her as possible, but there was no way they were covering the distance he had wanted in the first day. Swims had to stop frequently to rest, and even Veria started to get tired after a while. By the time night started to fall, Swims guessed by the landmarks they had passed that they had only covered about half the distance he wanted out of the first day. 

The pair set up camp just off the road in the driest place they could find. Swims set down his bags, weapons, and shield, then gathered together some rocks and wood for a fire. Unfortunately, being that they were in the Blackwood forest, all of the wood he could find was wet to some extent. He had his fire spells, but it still took a lot of effort and magicka to finally get the campfire to stay ablaze. Even then, it was small and hard to maintain. Luckily, area was plenty warm enough that they would not need a fire to stay warm through the night, but they would need to work quickly to cook up a meal. 

Swims sat on the ground next to the fire, shifting uncomfortably in his armor as he grabbed some meat from his pack for the fire. "You know, I wish I would have thought about this before we left, but I really should have brought more clothes than just my armor. I didn't expect how uncomfortable it would be to wear this all day. In retrospect, it might have been a good idea to go on some walks in our full gear first to see what it was like."