"We should head back, Eric," Will urged, "it's dangerous to be in town alone, especially when all the other townspeople are at the river."
"Don't be so scared, Will," the seventeen-year-old barked back, "everyone is over there, even the women, so you don't have to be afraid. The only people here right now are us and the guards."
"Even so, don't you think that the bandits might come and eat us? It's more likely for that to happen since all the women are at the river."
The town where they were at was called Penmore, one of the only towns in the region that had both males and females living in the same vicinity. This was because every female