“Larger than average, actually, but they looked like outlaws living in the forest. Why do you ask?”
“Something felt off,” I answer. “But if we were simply convenient targets, they probably won’t come after us.”
“No, you’re right, it felt off,” Dancer says.
“The timing,” Bear concludes after a moment of furious thinking.
He’s a smart man.
“Yeah, you’re right, that’s what was wrong! Outlaws usually attack a little after sundown, so they can go drinking after a few minutes of hard work. We’re now closer to dawn than dusk. It’s a long time for them to just wander around the forest looking for prey.”
“We should double down on guard duty,” Blade suggests.
“It’s somewhere on the border of my time and yours,” I answer. “How ‘bout we stay up?”
“Fine by me,” he agrees.
Bear turns and goes d
