“Eat time!” Shortfang cheered as he came back to camp to eat. “Syfr huh? He doesn’t look like any owl I’ve ever seen but... But if he’s a friend to Shortfang, I suppose he’s a friend to us as well!” It wasn’t long before others around the camp started waking up as well. Ferric and Mica joined the breakfast and Brewed some tea, though Ferric helped himself to some morning beer. Andras and his children also woke up, Andrews in particular was quick to check on Buddy, who remained motionless.

“Good to see everyone bright and early. We’ve got a long ways to go, and it will rain tonight so we should be extra careful. There’s a shack near the middle of the mountain pass we can rest at and wait the rain out until morning. Hopefully there’ll be enough room for our horses up there too.”