Being the only one from her group staying with the hero's party, Elicia felt a wave of boredom hit like a charging bull. But sleep wasn't for her that night. She'd been warned by her master to keep watch while everyone else slept. Thankfully for her, the rest were just as restless and couldn't get a wink of sleep. Anxiously rolling around on the many beds inside the single room, the hero and his companions struggled to put their thoughts to rest.
At times, one of them would get up and walk around by the foot of the beds. The sound of their footsteps disturbed the guests further, until eventually every one of them was sitting on the bed with nothing but their thoughts to entertain them.
