“No, father... how many times must I tell you? I am not going to be a WIFE. I am not going to bear children yet, I am not going to settle in a peaceful life as you wish for me.” Anna spits out though usually her temperament is calm. Wrapped up in frustration, Anna heads outside and does not say a word and hurries into the backyard. Her mother watches disapprovingly, and turns the other direction.

“Someday she will understand.” Mother places a hand on the father's upper arm. “Someday... just let her see for herself.”

“I graduate from Militant school of swordsmanship and they don't care? I am looking for work? They don't care. I'm trying to live my own life, whilst they prepare me suitors? Bottom line is, they don't care. “ Anna whacks the heck out of a scarecrow in the training field with a wooden sword. She does it till her hand has blisters.

Anna lets out a sigh, sweat dripping down her fair skin and onto the dry mounds of soil beneath her feet. She unties her blouse and lets a few buttons loose. Her long fine black hair sways in the wind as she let her anger pass with it.

“I can't do this anymore. I cannot stay here anymore. The more I stay here, the more I will be dissapointed. I cannot do this to myself.”

Time to explore the world and what it has to offer, I'm sick of this nonsense. Time to live my life the way I want to. Anna walks to the stream and and skids rocks on the water.

Zerince lay in the branches of a tree relaxing after a well earned lunch of rabbit he had caught in his snare and some blackberrys he had happened upon. He had a clear view of the road from his spot high in the tree several feet from the road.

"The roads seemed empty for being so close to a village" he thought

He returned to his thoughts of what he should do now he had more than enough coin to get him by but not much need for but that can always change. he decided to just continue traveling towards the mountains he had set his sites on the previous days knowing there would be plenty of food there for him to get by till he could figure out what to do with him self now. "my flask is running low." he thought to him self "their is not a stream very near by i may need to go back to that village and buy some." he continued slightly annoyed that he had not thought to buy some as he passed the village. he would lose half a day at least just back tracking.

Zerince finally made up his mind a few moments later and hopped down from his tree silently deciding to follow the road back from with in the cover of the trees along the road "Best to avoid be seen when i can." he thought though he had no reason to avoid detection so he went about it fairly relaxed as he walked to the village