Sadbh's brow furrowed in contempt, but she kept a scowl from her face. "For an outsider, you have extreme audacity to acost me with half-hearted threats." She slipped forward closer to her husband in a way so that no part of herself or her child were open directly to the long knife Rhana had touched.
Utha was looking intently forward, leading one of the large,toned mounts from Rohan. Its placidity far surpassed that of anyone else's, beast or human, and she instantly admired the animal. A tentative hand reached out to stroke the withers of the horse, but with a large, calloused hand her husband roughly pushed her away from the animal. His scowl was perturbed to say the least and his comment was cold and curt.
"Silly girl, don't touch it, you'll spook it." Well, if it lets you lead it... her thought trailed off and she looked away. Snorting, she shook her head. That was as far as any of her retorts got- thoughts. She felt a stirring in the cradle on her back. While her husband watched her bitterly, she shifted the woven device so that she could see inside. Her daughter had squirmed, but not waken. Less confidently than she felt, she fixed the cradle back on her back.
"She better not wake before we get a good mile outside of the city." Utha barely looked at his wife as he spoke, and instead directed his attention to catching a hip flask that one of his chums had thrown him. Sadiya shook her head, but agreed inwardly that it was best he drink. At least it pacified him.
[ December 30, 2002: Message edited by: Sadbh ]
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