He asked about a compass and the man directed him to another shop two blocks over. He thanked him and went there next, where he managed to find a fairly basic compass amidst the elaborate ones the merchant sold. He paid for that as well and then stopped off to purchase a couple of sandwiches, piled thick with thinly sliced strips of beef and some sort of creamy sauce. Then he headed back to camp again, pleased to feel that he still had a few coins jingling in his purse. While they ate, he unrolled the map and showed Sharnellynn, telling her all the things the man at the store had said about the nations around them.
"I got this map because it heads in the right direction to Jundra," he explained. "While it's supposed to be a mostly human nation, he made it seem as if there were also Elves living there too."
"I've heard of the place," Sharnellynn said, hesitantly. "I remember being told it was a savage place. A jungle, where people lived very primitively. Do you really think it will be safe for us?"
"I think we don't have a lot of other options," he admitted. "But if there are Elves and Humans living there together, both free...I think that's the best place to start. Even if they live more primitively, it can't be much worse than what we've been dealing with already. If we trade a few luxuries for your freedom and if they are accepting of Ahriender, then I think it will be perfect."
She thought about that for a while, studying the map, before nodding.
"How long will it take to get there?" she asked.
"It will probably take us eight to ten weeks to get to this river," he replied, pointing on the map again. "Then we sell the wagon and buy passage on a boat downriver to Suz. By wagon I'd estimate it would take us at least eight more months, but if we can find a small boat it will take a lot less with the river flowing that way."
