"You are welcome to," Vol said. "And if you can get us through again, then we will be in luck. If not, our swords and axes will open a way even if it is denied to us. There will be no stopping us now, no matter how many thousands they send our way."
"…Do we have a reason to be hopeful?" Vale said. "What has changed from Earl Soleg's territory to here? Why would be more accepting of combat now, than we were there?"
"We've rested," Vol said. "The horses have rested too. We will keep steady as we march through, and when we meet the enemy, we will use all the energy that we have saved up. Our horses will be able to make distance for us, if we switch them as we did before."
"And what of the Earldom after that?" Vale said. "If we cannot rest there, where will we find ourselves?"
