''A packmule! I'm not even half your size!'' Jin protested ''Your a big boy...you carry it, I still got some growing to do'' being small sucked but at least it convinced people you weren't up the task of lifting stuff...but would this guy care about that?

Jin's eyes moved to the sword ''Y-you know what....carrying it sounds just fine'' 

And so the two walked, the traveler and his mule. Jin knew the area quite well, even before he went out selling and stealing he often left Gensu to play in the woods and rivers so even in the dark Jin could find the way.

''My sister isn't going to leave the village, certainly not at night'' Jin actually snapped at the man despite his sword. There was no way Jin would allow her to wonder off at night in the middle of a war ''She's back at home...probably worried sick about me, oh and before you get any funny idea's she's married'' She wasn't but hearing that news tended to make the creeps lay off.