Sorry, this thing is super short. It's just sort of like a transition type thinger.
While his soldiers ate and drank, Rikar consulted with Grondil.
"Ze wind 'as shifted, commandant. It is a good direction. If we choose to sail to la rivière tonight, we will be in ze country Mossflower much sooner." Grondil said. Rikar opened the window of his cabin to feel the wind. It blew through the room, flipping papers and charts on the small table. Rikar closed the window and turned back to Grondil.
"We sail tonight. Tell the crew." Picking up a cloak, and draping it around him, the fox commander exited the room. He walked to the front of the vessel and looked down at the water below. The wind swirled his cloak around him. This wind and this water would carry them to Mossflower.
Grondil hurried down the short steps to the lower deck where the soldiers were. Reaching the bottom, he rang a bell attached to the wall. The room fell silent, their attention on the weasel.
"Les plans ont changé! Nous avançons à Mossflower cette nuit!"
The soldiers hurried to gather cloaks and hoods, and get onto the upper deck to manage the sails. While eager to reach Mossflower and Redwall, they were not fond of the idea of working on the deck all night. Still, nobody wanted to be the last on deck.
The rain started soon after. It wasn't a hard rain at first, just enough to make everything on the ship slippery and hard to work with. Driving through the cold and wet, the Northern army moved closer to Mossflower. Pushing through the cold and wet, the Northern Army moved closer to Mossflower.
"Keep a sharp eye for the river!" Rikar called above the wind.
"Heh. Don't know 'ow anyone could see anyt'ing t'ru de rain," Jesper muttered to Kiiryan.
"Watch what you say!" the big stoat, Ludovic, was suddenly with them. "I don't like this any more than you do, but if you're going to complain, don't do it there you can be heard. Especially you," he gestured to Kiiryan, "You're already in trouble for your words."
The two younger soldiers clamped their mouths shut, and worked through the rain in silence.