I let out a small chuckle as Kairi let out a small threat to the cocky boy, waving his flimsy sword around. She hopped on her horse, and so did everyone else. I thought back to what she had said about the place we were headed. An Atmoran City, like Sarthaal. Interesting.
I hopped up on my horse, as Kairi told the cocky man to keep an eye on his pouch of Septims, which I had watched her cleverly pull out of her pack. I nodded in approval after hopping up onto Hadoc, my black steed. He went on about how he had more gold back home in Solitude. I bit my lip in a sort of anger, at his overly confident nature, as he was clearly trying to pick up an Elf that had no interest. "Better keep information like that, to youself friend," I said trotting past him, "especially the when you are in the hold notorious for theives."
I caught up to Kairi, as I got the feeling she was keeping us from something. "For five thousand Septims, I suspect the 'item' we will be getting is worth some value," I talked to her, not moving my eyes from the path, "I couldn't help but notice, you neglected to tell us about said item. I don't mean to be, pushy, but I like to know what I am getting into... Especially for a price like that." I looked at her once more, to see if she had any sort of fear or regret in her eyes. Nothing. She was a lot harder to read than the rest of my comrades.
I shook away the question, as she tried to ignore me the best that she could. I pulled out a small schematic that I had from my days in the Legion. I remember going to Blackreach, for the Crimson Nirnroots we had to collect for a rare series of trial potions. It wasn't one of my better missions. I unrolled the map, that I had made of the dark lair. I scanned it carefully. I then noticed the one place I had neglected to mark off, as I remember it being heavily guarded by Dwarven Centurions. "You don't mean the Blackreach trade station is around here," I said to her handing her the map, "or is it?" I was a bit hesitant about continuing with them, as I hated fighting those damned machines.