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[color=f26522]"I think I've got a good idea of what's where now. Thanks for bringing me up here. You mentioned you needed to gather medicinal herbs, right?"[/color]

Brick stood atop the hill and looked out over the area. It was a rather nice view, and he noticed a faint pillar of smoke rising from another spot further beyond the center river - most likely the Broms' camp.

[color=f26522]"I'm guessing any time a fight starts, both parties blame the other. Do the Broms ever come to our side of the river?"[/color]

He paused for a moment, remembering that they did, indeed, cross the river. They had done so the instant he stepped into the woods. But he allowed Aya to answer anyway.