Ridahne took a piece of rolled, thin leather from her saddlebag and tossed it to Darin. The leather was soft and worn in, obviously old. And as it was unfurled it revealed a map inked onto the smooth, beige surface. She maneuvered Tsura beside Talbot and pointed to a spot on the map. “This is us here, Greyrock. Lively.....is....ah, here.” She pointed to a location west of their current position. “You’ve probably spanned this area here, so we can skip that direction unless you feel you want to go even further west. That leaves north, south, and east and any direction between. I know you don’t really know where you’re going, but maybe I can give you some perspective. If we go west, eventually we’ll find the sea. Northeast is siren territory and more ocean, obviously. But there’s a mountain range we would need to cross. There are reasonable passes here, here, and here.” She pointed to several different spots along the ridge, and the southerly one led into Azurei. She was very familiar with that route. “It will get colder as we go north, and it starts to get dry up in the mountains. Other than that...” she shrugged. “I don’t know what to tell you. You’re the one with the job to do. Tell me where you’d like to go and I can guide you there, but I cannot tell you where to go.” Ridahne let Tsura pace a few steps as he tossed his head again. He was a spirited horse even for a gelding, and despite his beautiful coloring and build, he was passed over by many. But not Ridahne. His fire suited her, and the two made a good match. One alike to the other. Both were passionate, sturdy, and fearless. Neither suffered fools and Tsura had been known to bite people who were not his rider. Those were loud, foolish people though, and Ridahne had thought that if she were a horse, she would have bitten them too. His name reflected his nature; Tsura meant ‘flame’. She had shared him with her brother Hadian at times, though with him, Tsura was a little more subdued. It was like he sensed something in Ridahne that got him excited. “Answer me this. Where would you have gone had you come to Greyrock on your own?” (sorry for the short post but it gets them moving)