Deren watches the play between the Gnome and the cat with amusement. It seemed like so long since such interaction had occurred.
Despite the filth of which had once been accustomed to, he looks forward to this town. Though one who likes the wilderness, he has little like for rain. It makes traveling a nuisance. He desires a clean bed in, preferably, a clean inn, though at the moment, he'll settle for almost any place dry and with a bed.
"Wouldn't that be ironic," he says, "To live through battles only to die by falling through a bridge into a river and having a wagon fall on top of you." While his words seem to be filled with jest, his voice his filled with an odd seriousness. Deren makes his way carefully across the bridge and almost seems relieved to make it to the other side.