Borislav briefly thanked the innkeeper, whose beady eyes were still full of worry. Amyntas followed their group leader outside, to announce the bad news to the rest of the caravan. Not only the bad news presaged war, the lands of Cherson were now left unprotected with the departure of Khan Aibek. Although Abkhazia and Alania were not so far, the Khan would not be able to move his troops freely in and out the battlefront.