Stripping Naked

“Can we get to our destination like this?” I had to shout to make myself heard.

“No…” Ren answered shortly and bluntly.

I thought so…

“Then…should we find a place to get out of the rain?” I asked hopefully.

“There should be a cave somewhere in that direction,” Ren said as he pointed forward in the direction that we were headed.

“How do you know that? You’ve been here before?” I asked curiously.

“Yeah…I didn’t think we’d have to use that cave to stay the night though,” Ren replied smoothly.

“Stay the night?!” I exclaimed in shock.

“Of course. Did you expect that we’d spend the whole night in the rain?” Ren retorted sarcastically.

I didn’t want to get into a fight so I decided to just shut up and face forward, not that I could see much up ahead.

“We’ve lost them. Fortunately,” Ren muttered more to himself than to me as he slowed the horse down to a trot.

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