She hiccuped softly and smiled at his claims, nodding and pointing toward the darkness that lay below in the valley ahead of them. "I do believe that we might run into a bit of trouble in the forest, but now that I appear like an old woman to those that would cause a princess harm, we should be a little more protected."

The sun hid itself behind the clouds and all wildlife seemed to grow weary and muted as they neared the forest, the path laid out before them whittled into the grass with light brown stones that were well-worn and pressed deep into the earth. Travelers into their beautiful city had only one entrance and one exit and yet the width of the road allowed for only one traveler at at time. A smile touched her lips at the means of conversation that must have occurred time and time again along the road when two travelers found themselves with the dilemma of who might yield. She looked over at her companion as the forest loomed ahead and touched her bag. 

"I have several weapons and am quite good at hand to hand combat as long as there are not more than two opponents before me. The last time I traveled this way I fell prey to the situation handed me because there were six of them and one of me, all of my father's men having been taking to the ground. If not for my quick feet and desperate desire to breathe for another day I'm not sure I'd have made it out alive."

They paused just before the forest, large dark trees rose up before them creating a curtain effect, the narrow entrance into the once lively wooded area was tight and shrouded in shadows. Lillith squared her shoulders and swallowed hard, looking at Lyall with pseudo conviction and smiled. "Let our adventure began, right?"