Jonathan was a bit disappointed when Fionn didn’t come back that night, but he’d said he might not, so Johnathan didn’t worry. In the morning, however, he realized that he needed to go into town himself. He could put it off a bit, but…why not go meet Fionn half way? So he hitched his solitary horse to the cart and set off. “Morning” was very early indeed on a farm, and the sky was only just lightening when he set out.
The sun had risen by the time he was half way to the village, with no sign of Fionn. He shrugged and continued on. He reached the small hamlet and was just pulling his cart into the village square when he saw the slender avian. He was coming out of the inn with a slightly older man. Tall and dark-haired, the stranger was obviously a fellow adventurer. He wore no armor, but h
