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—Two Days After the Bandit Encounter in the Mountain Path—
Henry looked out of the barred window of his cage as snow fell outside.
The sounds of the carriage finally nearing civilization started slowly as they pulled through homesteads and towns staying in the fringes of the more developed regions in the North.
Finally, with the grating sounds the carriage made as it dragged across cobbled stoned roads, as well as the tall buildings of all sorts he could see through the barred window, Henry realized they had arrived at their destination.
If not for anything —and there was very little that made Henry happy at the moment—, he was glad the journey was finally at an end.
After his escape attempt failed, Henry woke up back in the cage with a throbbing in his head. He had lost Hit Points from the hard head knock but, at least, he was still alive. Which could have gone either way because Eli was pissed.