Theora and Kleis made it back to the Military Hall without incident, and luckily, without Darim noticing their absence either. With everyone so busy grabbing the best rooms and fighting to get a plate before the best dishes were gone in the Dining Hall, no one seemed to have noticed they'd been missing; Theora later learned that Lylesia had made an excuse for her when a senior had seen her bag but not Theora in their bedroom. Thanks to her friend, Theora had a bed and a plate of food waiting for her once they got back, and it didn't take long for everyone to finish setting up and go to bed exhausted as the train journey had been a long one, and unloading all their supplies and the horses had taken a while.
The following day, they were unceremoniously woken up at dawn and sat in one of th
