He rode at the front, Dorcus to his right, and Benjamin behind them with Justice and Alexander at his wings. Avera followed behind Benjamin with Joseph and Adrien accompanying her. It was a familiar journey and one which he had been given the task of navigating. Still, he was not accustomed to it by night, and he kept his map open as they moved quickly through the forest by the fading grey of dusk and twilight.
"Eliezer," Dorcus said after they had been riding for a short while.
"Hm?" he glanced in her direction before consulting his map again.
"We'll have to speed up a bit. Elsewise, we shan't break through the thick of these woods before the night falls upon us."
"Yes, of course," he said, raising his body upwards and gently pressing with his knees against the horse's body.
She smiled, urging her horse forward as she followed after him.