[He doesn't spare the energy to nod, or to say more than that. Just, yep, that sure is what they're dealing with here. The sound of the horse's hooves hitting the cobbles behind them is steady, which is a relief, as awful as it is. It would be worse to hear them getting closer, and somehow even worse to hear them stop entirely. As it is, the horse is faster, but they have more options. It evens out.
It's hard to think with the strain of his body and the bubbling terror in the back of his head, but thinking is all he can do other than run; with Caster leading, he doesn't even need to think about their route. He trusts her. So he forces himself to scrape the barrel of their options, come up with a stash of ideas for them to draw on along this journey. Finally, as they begin to near the far edge of the city, he summons the breath again to gasp out:]
Once we're on the outskirts—find something we can hide behind and stop. Anything!
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[He doesn't spare the energy to nod, or to say more than that. Just, yep, that sure is what they're dealing with here. The sound of the horse's hooves hitting the cobbles behind them is steady, which is a relief, as awful as it is. It would be worse to hear them getting closer, and somehow even worse to hear them stop entirely. As it is, the horse is faster, but they have more options. It evens out.
It's hard to think with the strain of his body and the bubbling terror in the back of his head, but thinking is all he can do other than run; with Caster leading, he doesn't even need to think about their route. He trusts her. So he forces himself to scrape the barrel of their options, come up with a stash of ideas for them to draw on along this journey. Finally, as they begin to near the far edge of the city, he summons the breath again to gasp out:]
Once we're on the outskirts—find something we can hide behind and stop. Anything!