After Rie had given the plates to Pio and made sure that she was relaxing (she took her responsibility to carry out Nuru's orders quite seriously), she made her way out of the inn, stopping briefly to swipe a piece of toast from the kitchen. She ate it quickly, just to quiet her stomach.
"After this I'll get some breakfast," she promised herself.
The stable was not far off, and it took Rie hardly any time to get there. Finding the sleeping guest was another matter, though--and the fact that Rie felt compelled to look at every horse in the stable didn't help. But finally she found him, curled up in a corner and asleep.
"If it isn't our bard," Rie said softly, kneeling by the sleeping figure. "Sir?"
The man stirred, but seemed reluctant to awake. "Sir, it's ten, and you had asked to be woken in time to prepare for lunch. Would you like some more time to sleep? I could come back later."
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