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Morning Again

From: Ty

Subject: Moving toward Gully's (short turn)

Garyth's eyes pop open even before the heavy cloud cover has begun to lighten from the rising sun. He can hear Rennik moving around the camp, prepping to leave. Pensive stands nearby, staring north. Garyth rolls to his feet and begins shaking the Falcon's awake. After, he moves over to Rennik. "Any sign of visitors in the night?" Rennik shakes his head. "Tich never left my side once. He'd have gone to investigate if he'd smelled anything."

Garyth sighs. "I worry about who he ran into yesterday."

"I do too, but no time to figure it out now."

Osred is up and beginning to hand out dry biscuits for breakfast.

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After Sa'id and Gully have spent some time catching up, the big trader leads his guests into the back bedrooms and makes up beds. "You are welcome to stay here as long as you like. Cutter will warn us if anything shows up. You can sleep soundly tonight."

Farron falls into the soft down bed and is instantly asleep. It seems like since his injury, he can't get enough of either food or sleep. Sa'id knows that this means he is healing. He smiles at his friend, and takes the bed on the other side of the room for himself.

Kasen gets his own room. At least at first. Sometime during the night, a heavy warm shape climbs up beside him. He pushes against a wall of fur, and says, "Out of the bed, you huge hairy bastard." His answer is a low rumbling growl. "Or not." Kasen scoots as far over on the bed as possible. Apparently, he had picked Cutter's favorite sleeping spot. Nice of the innkeeper to tell him.

When he wakes, the wolf is gone, and the smell of frying bacon fills the lodge.