Touya felt weak. He was tired from fighting monsters all day. He, with Basil's assistance, had managed to clear a pile of large boulders that were blocking the road to the east. They were headed that way anyway to explore some ruins that had been recently unearthed from an earthquake, when upon arriving at this particular spot on the road they came across the landslide. Several tradesman had already been at work since dawn by the time the two explorers arrived.

Touya had stated to Basil that they could just easily climb over the pile of rocks and boulders and continue on their way, but Basil had made the persuasive argument that if they did that they'd look like unkind adventurers, which he reminded Touya: They were not this.

With an audible grumble to voice his protest, Touya climbed to the top of the boulders and began handing down smaller and lighter ones to Basil. The two worked in effortless tandem like this for an hour while the others were working along the edges, trying to ease the boulders just off the road so at least one ox-drawn cart could fit.

It wasn't long before someone mentioned in their casual conversations that there had been wolves in the night that had harassed the workers. This easily piqued Touya's interest. He popped his head up from the pile of boulders he was lost in, and asked “What was that? Wolves?” Before Basil could shout at him, Touya had hopped up and slid down the rocks, with some falling in his wake as he took uneasy quick steps down the incline.