[Daren]

For the most part he remained silent, the child seemed to fair better the less he said and the further he stayed away from her. Not that he could blame her for that, not after what had taken place in her probably peaceful little village. Even as morning came he tried to give Emily and the girl space to prevent any further stress on the child. Instead he went about any preparations that needed to be done in silent as Emily seemed to glance over the map and take care of the child.

They needed to find somewhere to leave the girl though, no matter how attached to Emily she was. It was far too dangerous to take a small child with them, there was no promises that she could be protected during the remainder of their trip. He was sure Emily knew this as well, she was probably trying to find the next town. Rather he hoped that was her plan, she had to know that the girl couldn't stay with them. After this was all over with then Emily could always go back and get the child, but until then it was better for her to stay with someone else.

Alton was snapped from his thoughts as Emily spoke up calling out to him. It was probably a fair sign that she was ready to go, the girl was already on one of the horses and there was nothing left here for them to take care of. Walking over to the two of them he still kept a small distance to prevent the child from feeling as uneasy, she seemed fine so long as he stayed at a certain distance from her. "We should leave if your ready, staying here isn't going to solve anything."

He had a point, only death was left here. Odds were that the group that had done this could come back to make sure their work was finished, even if they wouldn't be much of a match Alton still didn't want to waste the time to fight them, let alone to let the chance that word could get back to the current ruler that Emily was located once more...