Dawn was breaking on the horizon when Cedar came huffing and snorting down the road, and back to the forest edge near Fanghorn castle. To his surprise, there was nobody there at all, except the old hunter Reinhold.

"[color=7bcdc8]Hey--[/color]" (short, huff)  "[color=7bcdc8]Where e'ry buddy a'?[/color]" he huffed at the man, who seemed more than a bit put out at simply waiting around all damn night. "[color=7bcdc8]They tells muh ta blocks da damn roads, an' they decided ta go an' run off? I swears-- Em kids is dumb as rocks...[/color]"

Put out, he shambled over near where the man was secreting himself in the underbrush and laid down to cool off. He really didn't understand the thought processes of other people some times.