[color=c4df9b]"Of course not,"[/color] Faira answered earnestly. [color=c4df9b]"I only wish you didn't feel the need to keep it a secret. Anyway, I'll meet you by the gate."[/color]

They parted ways for the time being, and Faira made her way back to the southern gate, where she had left Steak. She found that a stable hand had taken the liberty of stripping his saddle and brushing him down, for which she was thankful. She gave the beast a pat, he was restless being stuck up here when he heard the cannon and rifle fire, and she saddled him with a promise that he'd get some more action. 

Her way back to the eastern gate brought her across the path of Acrius and... was that the same girl from before? Well, he would get no rescue this time. 

[color=c4df9b]"Acrius, who have you been beating up?"[/color] It was only a guess, but she thought it a good bet. 

[@Inertia][@Arthanus]