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dangerous. Are you really sure?"
    "Danger is a part of life in this world." Gnaeus replied. "We are familiar with it better than even the barbarians are. Do your best to keep her alive, and we shall do the same with Kaie."
    Endrance nodded, resigning himself to the new life he would be responsible for. "Just one more question." he said.
    "Yes?"
    "What's her name?" he asked.

Chapter 03:
    Endrance touched the now unnecessary bandages around his torso and smiled. The light of the suns felt warmer, and for the first time in days, he felt healthy. His injury was healing constantly, and was almost gone in the hour since they had left the wolfmen's camp.
    He rode near the front of the line, with Tanya up front, Joven and the child behind him, Bridget after that, the messenger and the remainder of his escort next, and Selene taking up the rear. Gullin soared overhead, now that the worst of the clouds above had dispersed.
    "Her name is Giselle?" Joven asked, carrying the rambunctious ball of fur in one hand, and then the other, as she attempted to scramble up one beefy arm and across his shoulders. The little brown wolf was a scrap of a thing, barely three feet tall. She was dressed in a tube of gray cloth with cut out sleeves, clasped at the back of her neck by a leather buckle. It was obviously at one point a human girl's dress, for the back had a rough cut in the cloth to allow for her bushy tail to jut out from. Her eyes were pale brown, and her nose was constantly sniffing about as she moved. Her fur was a lighter shade of brown under her chin and down her belly.
    "Yes." Endrance replied, astride his horse.
    "Cute name." Joven replied. Giselle paused her climbing to stick her nose in Joven’s hair and sniff deeply. Joven's eyes widened, as he resisted the urge to shake her off.
    Endrance nodded. "She's very excited. Oh, and she likes you."
    Joven pulled some of his hair out of her mouth before she started chewing on it. "I had no idea." the barbarian replied sarcastically.
    "She says you smell nice." Endrance observed.
    They were riding now along the Crystal River. The wolfman camp was closer to their goal than originally estimated; and it would only be a few days until they reached the nearest mountain pass into Ironsoul.
    Joven grunted as she slid down his chest to sit in front of him on the horse. "She hasn't said anything." he observed.
    "So far, she's only been talking in Ulfreau." Endrance replied.
    "What?"
    "The growling, yipping, barking noises she's been making." Endrance explained. "It's their native language."
    Joven looked down at the girl, who looked up at him. She made a strange yipping sound and nuzzled the leather chest plate of his armor. "Uh..." Joven began.
    "Oh yeah. She likes you." Bridget observed, grinning.
    "Hey, aren't we near Crystal River Village?" Selene called from the back of the line. Ezeilo and his two men looked more weary than anything, but they shifted so she could be better heard. "Isn't that where you and Tanya were born, Bridget?"
    Bridget closed and opened her false hand. "Yes." she said absentmindedly.
    "We should stop and resupply there." Joven said. "But we don't have time to stick around."
    Ezeilo finally spoke up. "Wait!" he called. "We can't stop where there would be warm fires?
    "Or beds?" one of the soldiers piped in.
    Endrance looked back at Joven with a bemused smile. "What do you think, Joven?"
    "I think we don't have time to rest." he replied.
    "What about your new lady friend?" Endrance teased.
    Joven looked down at the young wolfman child, who had managed to curl up on the saddle against his abdomen and was dozing. "Uhh..." he began, remembering she was there. "Dammit, fine. We can stay one night."
    "Ooh!" Selene called from the back. "Can we get some new clothes for Giselle?"
    Tanya slowed her horse, looking back. "I can see the village from here." she called back. "Looks clear."
    "Thanks Tanya." Endrance responded.
    "I think she'd look good with something red or black."