The Blacksmith's Beard

After a few hours of travelling, some of which Alexei spent napping, Risa brought the caravan to a halt.

The sudden stop jerked Alexei awake with a yelp.

“What’s wrong, why we stopped?” Alexei stumbled over his words as he pulled himself from his sleep.

“We’ve arrived at the first place that it’d make sense to stop,” Risa said, “A town some ways south of Alandria. I don’t know much about it, but while you were sleeping the Dragonhorse and I have been working hard and we both need rest.”

Alexei smiled at Risa sheepishly, “Sorry about that, it’s been a pretty intense couple of weeks.”

Risa rolled her eyes, “I’m not having a go at you dummy, I’m just saying that you were probably asleep for a little while longer than you thought.”

Alexei poked his head out of the front flap of the caravan and was shocked to see that the day had already given way to night.

“That’s not going to do my sleep schedule any favours,” He remarked, “Does this town have a stable or are we going to need to f
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