They came padding around a corner at the front of the caravan - she with a piece of bread sticking out of her mouth, and he with small traces of blood in the white fur around his jaws. She steered with her knees, the little her beast needed (or heeded) steering, as her hands and mouth were busy with breakfast. Her ears, though, were perfectly free, and she used their freedom to eavesdrop on the caravan leader's conversation. She'd learned on the open roads that eavesdropping on a party before ambushing them could do much good, and Lann had further encouraged her to listen in on anything that seemed interesting or profitable. Stalking lone travellers through woodlands had turned the duo into expert sneaks, as well, and it was in silence that the girl rode her dog into the concealing shadow of the front wagon. There was no way they could stay out of sight of the natives of course, facing the caravan as they were, but she trusted they wouldn't care anyway. Of course, no one had forbidden that she go to the front of the caravan - it was just that she was bored, and wanted to pretend there was a challenge somewhere in all this. As the beast sat on its haunches, she slid off and sat down, herself, leant on the now-unmoving first wagon.

As it turned out, there wasn't much of a conversation going on. Boring, adult talk of trade and directions. She didn't care where she was, as long as she could eat three-four meals a day and sleep during the night. Well, it helped if she could hear a song or two every now and then. That's what she thought to herself, but in truth there was much wanderlust in her, and she was always curious about new places. The people here were a new sort - she'd only seen one of them for a few seconds as she'd ridden into the shade beneath the wagon, but their clothes were definitely different to what she was used to. What she most would have wanted was to freely roam their settlement and observe their lifestyles, but she didn't dare visit them - they might not like that, and they could well decide to kill her. Instead, she was content to sit there in the shade and wait to see if she could overhear anything useful.

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