When Raoul finally did arrive back in New Hope he looked weary to the bone and had dark circles underneath his eyes. Him not turning up for a whole day and a half later than when he had been expected, had caused the whole camp to start to worry. No matter what the condition of the war was, there were still raiders out there who wanted more and they had started to gather together.

Neal jogged up to see him with the remaining energy left in his body. The days since Kel had gone had been hard and as Dom hadn't really been in the right condition to look after the camp, it had been left to Neal, and it was proving too hard for him. He just wasn't cut out for that sort of thing. Dom was, used to be, but if hat was all it took for the camp to remain on the map, then Neal wasn't going to let all of Kel's hard work just disappear like that.

Raoul raised a hand in greeting and basically fell off his horse. Tobe ran to take his horse, not looking any better than the rest of them.

'Killed himself yet?' Neal knew who he was talking of almost at once. then again, it still took him a while.

'No. I have been keeping him busy in the infirmary. I managed to get him sober yesterday. I don't know how and he is probably drunk already, but I managed to have a non-slurred conversation,' Neal replied and wiped his face to try and keep on his feet.

A woman rushed up to him with a really worried expression and came to a halt in front of Neal and Raoul .

'Milord! Hannah has gone into labour!' She said ignoring Raoul.

'Coming,' Neal muttered. 'You know this place well enough to find your own quarters. If you want Dom I haven't seen him this morning, check his quarters. If not check the local cliff.'

'You go deal with that,' Raoul said with a slight smile and roared at him men to stop standing and looking like they have nothing to do.

'THE LEAST YOU COULD DO IS STAND THERE AND LOOK LIKE YOU ARE TENDING TO YOUR HOURSE!' He finished. All of the men suddenly jumped and started checking the feet of their horses and the saddle bags.

'Idiots,' he muttered.

''And we know it,' Lerant replied too happily.

'Oh just go away and leave me to my mood swings!' Raoul joked back.

'And you think these are bad!' he replied and took his horse to the stables, leading the long line of men.

Edited: 25 Jan 2012

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