Rhea had spent her night doing other things that weren't exactly sleep related, so by the time Aurea and Rabbit were awake and outside and all ready to go, she was still dead as a rock on her bed.

Gilderhall laughed, bursting through the door with his apprentices in tow. "They'll be fine," he said, though obviously the youngest one was still tipsy. The blacksmith then noticed the forge was well tended and grinned. "Up for another hard days work again, lads? My wife should have breakfast out in a minute for all of us. Happy to join in, Rudolph?"


Esther appeared just behind Aurea, coming from a walk. She seemed to be perfectly ready to trek out into the wilderness, her tricorne hat adorned her head neatly and uniform kept tidy. The Ghostlight Lantern on her side pulsed low like a heartbeat which kept Esther seemingly on edge.

"Ah, most of you are awake," Esther noted that Rhea hadn't stirred in her sleep. "That is good. If you're in a hurry to Highmount, it would be best we'd be on our way while the sun is up. Food should be ready, the elves have prepared for the community it seems¹." She recalled, off-handedly answering Rabbit's need to have food.

FOOTNOTES
¹For Lera: This is perfectly normal. The Commons prepapre breakfast, lunch and dinner for the entire community. Any leftovers are immediately recycled into the widlerness as fertilizer. Giving back to nature, as they would say.

Rumbling. The stomach called. Lera didn't have a lot to eat last night, distracted by the duo's partying. Now she wanted breakfast a lot more than usual.

"Well, here goes nothing." She tapped Rhea on the nose, a light boop, and said, "Wakey wakey, and if you don't wakey, we'll finish up without you, both the meal and the bounty."

Lera then quickly and gently tapped tapped away on her toes to catch up with everyone outside.

Rhea just rolled over and gripped her blankets more tightly, mumbling something about not caring and stupid bounty.

The dwarf laughed, "Sure woy not? O'm sure if she's used to feedin a bull like you she ain't gun back down from another joinin da table."

"Glad I'm not the only one then." Aurea nodded to Rabbit in her usual manner and then moved a little, to peek into the room, to see how others are faring with their morning struggles. "I thought it's hunters' custom to get up early?" The knight inquired quietly more to herself than anyone else and moved away from the doors with a weak shrug. Turning around, she almost bumped into Esther.

The reappearance of the lamp made the woman no less anxious than the order member, the feeling thankfully concealed by her ever present imperturbable, almost bored expression. "Well, she'll join us..." Aurea continued on Rhea's matter. "...Most likely...And so will I. Go get some food. Esther is right, we should depart as soon as possible. I hope you informed the council of other members of our party, so that they may join us without elves giving them trouble?" She turned back to Esther on her last question.