[Year 188, just inside Cepheus' border]
[Chasing SOMEBODY who's given him the slip down, in the dark, when it's about to storm, he can feel it. Ticky's slowly-building tantrum had been far from subtle, and when he'd gone to his room at the inn to try to placate him, his bed was empty.
He may be unfamiliar with the borderlands yet, but people tend to talk when you're wearing all-black. Once he's got the right direction he's bolting for him.]