They were all feeling it by now, most of them had been riding all day and the numbness had set in awhile ago. It had fallen dark an hour before but Wollfen had pushed them on. It was probably a good thing, by doing so they were sure to close the gap even further. There was to be no fire tonight, everything was too wet plus a fire would have given their position away to any wary bandits keeping a lookout for anyone tracking them.“Let's keep going another hour then pull up for the night, these overcast conditions are making it very hard to see in the dark and we can't afford to injure any of the horses.” Kane looked about and made his own contribution,“I am not sure we will be able to track them much further tonight as it is, it is getting very difficult to see any signs of their passing.”Wollfen considered his words for a moment,“No you are right Kane, let's pull up for the night and post two sentries changing at three hour intervals. I am sure the bandits will have made camp as well in these conditions.”They did what they were told with gratitude if not with some grumbling too, it was to be expected.There was little conversation that night before they all bed down, it was still dreary under the overcast conditions and from time to time light drizzle fell.
