"You've been a great host, Ms. Dahlia." Chid smiled when he said it, but Hitomi got the sense that there was sadness behind it. He was going to miss her.

Hitomi could hardly blame him. She felt guilty at the prospect of pulling him away from the relative stability of this home. Was this really the right thing to do?

She wanted to talk to the others about it before they did anything.

"Is there an inn nearby that we can stay at?" Hitomi asked. The town wasn't especially big but they'd encountered smaller towns with an inn before.