I watch the spring go by and wonder
If I shall ever return home
- Tu Fu
Another Spring (713 - 770)
The village they are to depart from is only a ghost of the warm cheer that had welcomed them. Seol wears a noblewoman's winter hat with its veil obscuring her face. Min Ha had brought it over, dictating that being a sacred boned imperial princess - a scratch on her face would be considered a bad omen - even if the said scratch would heal without leaving a trace behind.
If she had thought she wouldn't have to appeal for Seo's aid anymore that he would wait by Woo prepared to help her mount, Seol could be no more wrong. Men who had joined them from Grand Prince Munwon's keep up in the center of Cheongju had reinforced the guard. Among their clashing uniforms of blood reds and dark blues making a pleasant contrast she couldn't find Seo.
