[gremlin]

It wasn't surprising that no one had ran our after her to offer their services. Most had wives and if they had wives then they had children. They had people to care for and if anything were to happen to them then it would be a tragedy. She couldn't imagine how she would feel if she made a woman a widow and made his children fatherless. Olivia looked up at Sebastian, he didn't seem to be in such a good mood this morning. Perhaps he was getting sick of the cold as well. She ran her hand down his strong neck gently. "Stop making a fuss," she whispered to him softly. The horse snorted at her and pulled his head away from her. He was probably not happy with the weight that he had to carry around.

Olivia stopped as she saw an unfamiliar face. Her eyes followed him examining his odd choice of clothing and the way that his horse was dressed as well. He was definitely a traveller, if he was a villager than she would have recognized him without a doubt. She wiggled her toes inside of her boots wondering if she could perhaps convince him to escort her. Surely he didn't know what had been happening in this little village for the past three years, no one here really travelled other than to purchase supplies. Though even if he had heard of the rumours then he wouldn't know that she was the woman who the villagers suspected to be the Goddess. She would just be another villager. Olivia pulled her horse back and tied him up.

When she entered the bar the same men looked up and were confused by her presence again. Though they didn't make any comments, they kept to themselves and continued to drink and speak to each other. Olivia approached the traveller, the men who sat around him looked up for a brief moment curious as to what she intended to do. "Excuse me," she said softly to the man. She smiled at him then pulled her hood down from her head. "I was wondering if I could ask you to help me." Olivia reached into her pocket and played with the coins that she had. "I wish to travel but not alone and no one else here seems interested in escorting me even if they know they will be paid. Do you suppose that you could escort me?" she asked, a smile still on her face. She hoped that he would say yes, it would be very dangerous for her to travel alone. Not only was she was a woman but if anyone discovered what she was then that could be a problem, too.