Then he explained to the younger and less experienced companions-in-arms:

It made novice players able to catch up to the more experienced companions a lot faster than normal.

Sue was directing the plays: chattering, planning, ordering, and suggesting expedients to her slower-minded and less experienced companions.

It excites no pity from the more experienced companions of the journey, who travel on as fast as they can, regardless of your pain.

The madcap Nomerfide indeed lays it down, that "the meditation of death cools the heart not a little." But her more experienced companions know better.