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"We will most definitely see that man again," Kohaku agreed quietly, glancing around at the others, "Are all unscathed? It is coming into the time of night when attacks like this are common. Perhaps we should set up camp and get some rest?"
It would be best, perhaps, to sit down, have something to eat. But Kohaku doubted that he would actually sleep at all.
That one of the bandits had not truly been a bandit was unsettling. If they were a spy for the enemy, then the lord who had slain his lord would soon know that Chinatsu-dono was gathering forces of her own.
The factor of surprise may just have been lost.