Main reason why Tom can´t ride is because he makes even the most smallest thing bigger than they are. This goes both in the road and outside of it. He simply can´t make any mistake which might harm his products, horse or cart. He avoids all rocks and sand in the road. Also he avoids all situations where someone might got under the horse. That´s why his riding is slow, irregular and unpredictable from outside lookers. But behind their eyes is perfect control and discipline.

Of course all this doesn´t matter to George how is under the cart. His mind is completely at the fact should he run away as fast as he can or try to avoid vomiting. In the end he is thinking somerthing like. (This can´t continue endlessly. Soon this will ends and I can escape. I just hold on one more minute.)

The next this he knew was this same thought has gone over countless times over and over again. Also more cart moved more soldiers were seen. Althought they seemed like ordinally country men they were soldiers from nothinghill.

George had the first place knowledge about it. One of the people were in fact the one how looked into him just last night. They most all be the one´s how were looking for him just a moment ago. There is only two options why they are in here. They are looking for himo r protect something very important. Since war training was going on then no other options were at hand.

It was wise choice to hide under the cart. Normally he had always suffered over his caution, but not this time. Gauraus town is way smaller than Tetrao village. It is simply town by name since all marquis´ own at least one town. There is less than 200 local citizens. One strange face is easy to see here. Hiding here is impossible even for George. He is just hoping that Tom could move even little faster. So this suffering could end.

As for Tom. He had no idea someone was suffering because of him. Of course it was Tom´s choice to come under the cart. He was meanwhile going back to the Tetrao village. It was normal occurence to him for quite some time. He was planning to go the same path as he had come.

The road between these two villages was small and narrow. Because hardly anyone traveled between villages there wasn´t anyone else going in it. No bandit has ever even considered robing someone here. Simply no one used this path. This road had only existed five years and it was made by Tom.

Tom´s main business partner wasn´t in southern sea coast as Margaret from north thought. It was actually the Nothinghill. Previous paths from Gauraus village were dangerous and distant. Thanks to using old animal tracks and six weeks of work Tom managed to earn himself perfect save path to north.

Normally everyone had thought such plans were useless because of wolves. But thanks to optaining some useful knowledge from Tetrao village, he could find enormous business oppotunity. Unfortunately because of this Tom became Margaret´s business ”slave” man.

Ever since that time he had manners to talk with his horse. He had a lot of time until next human being arrives so he started to talk when he was save distance apart from everyone else. Unknowingly he had man spying on him without his knowledge. So Tom talked freely.

”Path to north must be quite windy this time around. Maybe we should make one extra stop around since the canyon isn´t the safest place to be in the storm.”

There was short pause until Tom continued. ” It is just prevention from my part. Your legs aren´t as good as they used to be. Maybe we should find some place good soon. At least I have some idea where that place is going to be.”

He was thinking about Tetrao village. Since the place has just three horses there should be need for some horses. Even if they are older kind. There shouldn´t be any serious needs for horses but now people start make notice about the place. Any extra is better for sudden situations.

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His horse had suffered leg injury in the past some she can´t walk as well as she used to. It doesn´t make thing difficult to Tom. He knows that without her he couldn´t have surrived from his past experiences. That´s why he wants to make it up to her. This is side effect of many years of loneliness. But at least he has someone how he cares about.

”Maybe we should take a break for a moment. At least our boss won´t punish for it. Yes, we will do it.” He was approaching the road. But since he choosed to take a break, he bypassed the road. There isn´t any taverns or places to sleep around here. There is only one place to go in this situation if person doesn´t want to sleep outdoor. Simply ask people around if he could stay with his horse over night.

This wasn´t the only time something like this happened. He had regular place to go. There was bart just outside the village. Even for this place it was separated for quite a bit from everything. Place is owned by alone hunter. He is the only hunter in town how doesn´t work for Nothinghill. In other words he could live without extra payment from anyone. Althought if someone comes filling to pay him without any unnecessary work then of course he will allow them to stay. But hardly anyone does come. So far Tom is only one how has come.

Unlike all previous times there is one more coming this time. George had experienced terrible ride and his plan to escape has been ruined, but he saw one ray of hope from all of this. There was sign which had sentense: All trespasser´s get out or be shot. ”And he wonders why no one comes to meet him.” This was said by Tom but to George this sign and Tom´s previous words gave different meaning to him.

This could be good change. This sign tells me that this man truth him. In other case he would be scared to come here. Also that sign is wrote by using real letter. As most commoners uses their own local writing with their texts. Even more this person lives alone without contact to outside world. For these reasons he must know many things and be filling to share them.

Tom just made some room for the horse and just said: I´m going to stay over night. He didn´t get an answer, but he didn´t wait at all. It seems neighter cares what each other do. My positive outlook just took some serious hit. Maybe I should take note of the sign more directly.

George had a new problem escape and get got by soldiers or hide and avoid being mistaken to thief. Normally in his situation person would try to hide, but now those soldiers outside wouldn´t harm him even if he arrives. Of course a change to get shot makes it even more easier to choose escaping choice.

Obviously he will try to escape as change shows it self. Question is when that change arrives. At least George had time to think about his future plans.

I´m not going to get any information here. Those two aren´t going to talk with each other which make this place so quiet. If I start to move out then someone will notice it. Good thing is that my stomack is finally alright. I´m not going out again with the same way. So I have to move out without moving and hiding. That´s impossible!

He wanted to shout out but of course George will manage to stay quiet. He just have to. That wasn´t the worst problem. He had terrible itch which doesn´t go away. If he moves his arm it might fall out or he might alarm others. Actual itch wasn´t that bad but since he can´t touch itbecame unbearable. Which didn´t help him to think rationally but this gave an unexpected change. He noticed a strange smell.

That smell stink and just breathing around hurts. I have no idea what kind of thing can produce that kind of smell. My first thought was is something death here. Of course after some thinking I remembers casualties from the border war. That smell was completely different. This is way more bearable than that time.

Wait a minute. I could use this smell as distraction as I escape. Burning it would be the most easiest way to do it. Good thing is the fact that sun is still ups o I can use some broken glass to make fire. It is no suprise if something not burning stinks then when it is burning it is going to be whole another league. Also to think even this fire making method would come to use this soon.

After the time three years ago George had ordered Sepro to show everything he figure out with Herman. Original purpose was to keep thing under the control but soon George noticed Sepro´s and Herman´s talents. Thing are something to easy and simple to make but effect they produce are ahead time. Also it has never been accident. There is a lot of thought behind it.

For examble this fire. It was invented by thought why sun is warm. We have all thought these thing at some point in our lifes but those two can take actions to find answers. The lates thing they were wondering why things fall back to ground when they are thrown. I can´t imagine what might happen if they figure out this answer. The whole world might change.

Either way I should start making fire as soon as possible. The first thing is to find sample of thing which stinks. Normally that thing would be spiled around everywhere. In which case that would be that strange black coloured powder. The first thing first take the sample and then start to make fire.

First part was easy as you could thing with his precise hands. The next part is trickier. Try to hold with one hand, keep preasure with one foot and lastly keep balance with last feet. Even still it was only matter of time when fire start. Hopefully it will be easily flammable, as quicker is better.

The next thing suprised all beings anywhere near the place.

Bang!

It was explosion. It wasn´t no suprise that George was the most suprised of all people. Even though he was exactly making distraction for people. Even still his body moved faster than his mind. He was over 300 meters from place when he started to process what just happened. The first thing which came to his mind was.

”That was quite a strange place.”