Vedette did not want to tell Ulbarich that she hadn't come here by any normal means, a horse in the forest was as loud as a drum on the plains. They crunched the snow in such a way, they rumbled their protests against the cold, but mostly they were slow as far as Vedette's travelling was concerned. There was a reason she was sent over the mountains and along the region alone with a message, it was because she would be there faster than any rider could be. This hadn't been for a message, it had been because Lord Ithunvel was sick of hearing reports about more of his people attacked here, and killed here. She was sent to kill the enemy and as quickly as she could. It seemed to her, that Lord Ithunvel was sick of reading reports about this.
Vedette watched as the second came out from the shadow of a tree, and reported to his captain. Just a scratch. She could not tell them that she didn't want them to go after the bandits, could she? Could she tell them that her orders were to go alone? It would be foolish, they would probably be all noble about it or accuse her of lying. Go alone, a woman, after an entire troop of bandits. She had no choice. She didn't like that she had no choice. It was another thing she fought against. Choice, she enjoyed her freedom. But she owed her life to Ithunvel. Oh how she wished she were back in the castle receiving some other order to leave the country and kill someone, one person, without having to run into a group of his own soldiers.
But she was here.
"Yes, please." Vedette said quietly. "I abandoned my pack somewhere out there in the woods, I doubt I'll find it until the snow melts. It simply didn't suit climbing trees and fighting bandits."
She smiled then, a small thing. She was still not eager to take all the men with her, but now that she was stuck she could use the help. She just hoped that they wouldn't get in the way. Humans, especially these men in Faustben, were very protective of their country and willing to die for it. Vedette needed to keep that from happening. She didn't like babysitting, but she would do that if need be.