Julilla's palfrey had taken a leisurely route from the stables, intent not so much on following its stablemates but in cadging snacks along the way. Its rider, her hair falling down her back, wears an extremely irritible expression on her hot face.

Really, you must be the stupidest beast in the stables! Take me to where the rest of my amicii are, you wretched creature! I declare there's nothing else alive out here for miles and miles!