[Rosekitten]

Hearing footsteps coming back over near the tent he thought for sure he knew what was coming. Great they were bored enough to come back, that or the pair that had been working on him the past few days had some new idea that they thought would work. You'd think sooner or later they would get the hint he'd die long before they forced any information out of him. Though in a way he was very thankful that they were not the witches of his own people. They had means to force you to talk... even against your will and it was not a pretty sight to watch.

If he had the energy he would have cursed him to hell and back having heard the voice that seemed to belong to the foot steps. Oh great now they got- wait what did he say? Why the hell was he saying sorry, other then the fact he had left him here to rot for the past few days. What did he finally remember his change of heart back when they were unsure if they were going to die or not or something? He still wanted to curse him none the less.

Of course he was going to protest, what ounce of trust was gone for the time being and having something forced in your mouth after everything else you had been through was hardly a promising act. Though he shut up a little as Mizuki said what they were and seemed to undo the chains finally. As much as he didn't really want to be near him at the moment he was glad that he was there so he didn't fall over at first.

He never spoke a word as Mizuki explained what he was doing and everything else. He wasn't exactly sure he trusted Mizuki's word after everything though what choice did he have. If worse came to worse then he'd be caught again or killed on the spot. It was better to take the chance that Mizuki was actually helping and not setting him up. He'd think on this later and know that Mizuki probably had no choice in order to prevent some rumor or treason against the King.

Though it did seem Mizuki was telling the truth about the horse and everything thus far. He was glad of it because walking all the way back he knew he would have passed out long before the trip was over. Not that he was overly fond of horses... skittish beasts is what he normally called them compared to the mounts that he was use to back home. If you could have called what eh lived through home.

Either way the herbs seemed to hold out just long enough to get to one of the areas that was commonly patrolled. That was when the pain started setting back in and how bloody exhausted he was from all of this. But he was well far enough away for Mizuki not to have to worry about guards finding him. Not unless he had really bad luck and some of Mizuki's men were out here for whatever reason.

After a while he did finally make it back to the main encampment where he pretty much fell off the horse. Neimi wasn't sure if he was even going to make it through that night even with knowing him to be stubborn to all hell. Ok so maybe he did owe Mizuki... he knew he wouldn't have made it this far otherwise.

After a day of recovery he had to answer to Felix and Neimi who demanded to know where the hell he had been and what happened. Being nearly gone for a week that was expected. Raden kept quite about it pretty much putting a few things together like the fact Mizuki was not with him. Never the less they got a short version of what happened, skipping certain details from the cave that he had tried to force from his mind.

Under Neimi's watch, seeing as she was the only one who seemed able to force him to rest, he did recover enough that he was debating on taking Mizuki's word for whatever it was worth and going to the spot on the map. She tried to talk him out of it saying there were a few wounds that still needed to heal and that it might be a trap. Though deep down she didn't think it was... or didn't want to anyway.

None the less he took Raden with him this time around. Not really keeping the young ranger close but he did make sure that Raden was keeping a eye out and scouting the surrounding area. He wasn't about to be set up with everything that had went on. Even if in the back of his mind he didn't blame Mizuki for what happened.

Over the course of the week he knew that Mizuki had his hands tied. Without being labeled as a traitor and all there was only so much he could do. Though he was curious as to why Mizuki wanted to meet out here, it was in the middle of no where far from any normal paths taken and far from both camps. Besides he had to trust Mizuki to some extent or he wouldn't be here where he was asked to meet him. Why did he trust him though he had no reason to.. even if he saved him that could have been a one time... ok not it wasn't. He sighed a little giving himself a headache as he thought on this more.