The news of war in Cliffside does nothing to make Dain ready to attempt the journey home. As luck would have it, the war comes to him, and Dain can't quite tell whether he should be regretting his decision or not. Certainly the first day or two of the soldiers' regiment settling in the festival grounds are filled with conflict and altercation, and Dain has his hands full resolving those he can, taking full advatange of the respect a Shepherd demands.
Harder to calm are the animals. Particularly towards dusk, when the soldiers get rowdy and their voices tangle with the loud clanking of armour and metal, and everyone's on edge enough that some of the younger horses get spooked.
One's just gone galloping off down the street in the wake of an escalating argument, and it takes Dain a precious few minutes before he can go after it, by which point he's lost sight of the poor thing. Did it go out the gate, or did it go towards the stable? Dain checks the stable first, tucked out of the way behind the tavern, hoping fervently that the animal is A) there and B) wasn't spooked enough to hurt itself.
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The news of war in Cliffside does nothing to make Dain ready to attempt the journey home. As luck would have it, the war comes to him, and Dain can't quite tell whether he should be regretting his decision or not. Certainly the first day or two of the soldiers' regiment settling in the festival grounds are filled with conflict and altercation, and Dain has his hands full resolving those he can, taking full advatange of the respect a Shepherd demands.
Harder to calm are the animals. Particularly towards dusk, when the soldiers get rowdy and their voices tangle with the loud clanking of armour and metal, and everyone's on edge enough that some of the younger horses get spooked.
One's just gone galloping off down the street in the wake of an escalating argument, and it takes Dain a precious few minutes before he can go after it, by which point he's lost sight of the poor thing. Did it go out the gate, or did it go towards the stable? Dain checks the stable first, tucked out of the way behind the tavern, hoping fervently that the animal is A) there and B) wasn't spooked enough to hurt itself.