Hod had his group had been waiting a little while now as one of the guards saw that the young Pharaoh was slowly coming closer and closer toward their convoy. Hod turned around to face towards the young girl. The jarl had spoken to his guards that the young Pharaoh had to be defended at all costs if they were ambushed by bandits, or wild animals that had marked them as prey for it or it's offspring. If they took the route by sea and they meat pirates meant the same, defend the young Pharaoh with their lives since she had to come to the north without being hurtled or near deaths bed. 

" It is of no problem that you have just arrived Young Pharaoh. We're simply checking everything before we are departing from Mandisa." He said as he turned around to his men to see them line up to sign they were ready to leave anytime now. Turning back he just repaid the smile she gave him " Oh you're not an hindrance to our travels, your the reason we are traveling in the first place. I just like to inform you that you may have to take other clothes on when we reach the north," He aid as he shouted to his men to get ready to walk out " I'm sorry but the winter wind isn't something good to be sailing in and we don't have the right clothes to be on open sea. So if you don't have anything against it would walk up to the north thus we have clothes for you when we arrive at the north." He said as two men walked up to the ox cart and manned them.
Hod sat his ass on the front cart as he made sure the was space for the young Pharaoh if she desired to sit beside him under their travels.