"If you are certain. We should most likely hold off from attacking him unless we need to. It will only serve to anger him. Celestenia and I will stay together. If that is okay with you, Celestenia?" She paused, allowing Celestenia to answer. The only thing they had to discover was if it was actually possible to cure the Sickness. Everything had been tried before and with no success. It was only when the Dragons could not be cured that the Hunting began. Why did their King believe that they could succeed where all others had failed? "I must admit that I am worried. The old man said that none had ever left the cave once they entered. What if we can not get through to him?"
She was silent once again. Dragons were mostly only myth in the Lower Lands. It was for that reason that the King had kept the impending threat silent. Had any of the people found out..there would be widespread panic. Anneliese sighed softly. "At any rate, I'm exhausted. I think that I'm going to go ahead and turn in. I suggest you two do the same. If the information is correct, we'll be able to reach the cliff sometime tomorrow. Then, we'll have to make our way to the bottom of the waterfall. It would be best to set up camp up top and then proceed down the following morning. We will be well rested and fair a better chance."
She paused for a moment before turning her gaze to Celestenia. "If you'd like, Celestenia, I can do your hair for you before you retire? It will stay out of your face much better. And goodnight Sir Richter. We will see you in the morning. Bright and early, I hope. The sooner we get going, the better." She hoped that Celestenia had not taken offence to her offer. She had merely thought that it would be a nice change for the other woman. She didn't know much about her, but she could tell that her companion normally didn't take extra care with her appearance. If she had to guess, she simply just didn't have the time or it wasn't a priority. It was hard to tell without asking.