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Black horses, speculated Rikki. Why can't they have any bright and cheerful colours amongst them?

She barely knew how to ride a horse as Xad had so bluntly demonstrated to her. But the horse seemed to find the way on itself without her guidance, so all was good. She rode in the middle amidst the three assassins and her aunt leading the way.

It was strange having family. This woman was her aunt and yet she felt nothing. She was a complete stranger to her. The only people she considered to be her family was the Thieves' Guild and she had left them in order to gain a new within the Companions, something which had apparently failed. Now she had a new family, at least from their point of view.

"Ride closer to me, Listener", said Evanius. "These roads are crawling with people who would want nothing less than to put a bolt in your heart."

"Like you did with Rikki's leg?" she growled.

He laughed nervously. "That... that was an honest mistake, great Listener. If I had known who I was aiming at, I... I would have put the bolt in my own heart for such insolence!"

"Whatever", she mumbled.

They rode past a path Rikki knew led to Helgen. She wanted to get off and run to Xad, but knowing what he would do if he saw her in those robes caused her to reconsider her option.

"Something on your mind, great Listener?" asked the Breton assassin. "You seem to look at that path rather... curiously."

"It's just that Rikki's friends are there. She would have liked to say farewell, but they have probably forgotten all about her at this point. So she'd rather not."

"You are the Listener now, Ma'Javi", said her aunt assuringly and took no heed of the name she had been calling herself throughout her life. "You have responsibilities to your own kin. Much of our order has fell under bad times when your mother died, but you will be here to restore those days. You will guide us into a new era of shadows and the songs of death."

"If you say so", said Rikki somberly as she turned her away from the road to Helgen.