Ignore them

I slow my pace as I cross them on the small road to watch a little longer her slender body. I don't want to risk fighting the law only to help a thief I know nothing about.

"Whatcha looking at bookworm? Looking for trouble? " asks the guard with blood on his face.

" Just enjoying the show constable. I'll be on my way and let justice proceed without interference. " I reassure him.

" Them words alright, now get out of my sight before I decide you look suspicious." he barks in response.

"I'll do just that, in fact you could even forget I was even there. " I reply. The girl is throwing a dark look at me. Sure I'm no hero but why risk anything if I don't stand to gain anything from it?

I speed to get away from them followed by the massive body of Gnash and my luggage piled on his back.

Hours and miles are blurred in a boring continuum as I walk in the woods and pass between thousands of trees without interest.

I take a break at noon to snack on some smoked sausage, cheese and bread from the bag I liberated from the kitchens of the Academy. Gnash is eating various mushrooms he found on a dead trees, they are probably poisonous but I doubt that it would matter given the robust nature of his troll stomach.

The walk of the afternoon is as boring and tiring as the one of the morning, I don't meet anyone else on the road until the sun disappeared under the canopy and that I ended in a large clearing filled with a few dozens of wooden buildings.

A sign reads WELCOME TO JUNESTOWN