Maea’s shift from patient instructor to excited guide and explorer had begun when Rance showed interest in the journal, but it became much more obvious once they rose to their feet. Even with the possibility of being thrust from the forest into unknown and potentially dangerous territory, Maea seemed interested to discover the outcome. Rance found amusement twitching the corner of his mouth, her obvious good mood infectious. As she pocketed her book and brought up the Wood’s fickleness, Rance stepped over to where he’d tossed his pack in frustration. It held little at this point, just his own journal, a few coins from the country on the other side of the portal, and a precious stick of wrapped graphite, but he wasn’t about to leave it behind.
He quickly caught up to the pale woman, falling into step beside her as best he could. He grunted at the offer to change shape. “Walkin’s fine. I don’t even want to know where this place might send me if I wander off on my own again.” He unconsciously shifted his pack on his shoulder.Not being able to wrap his cloak around it and carry it with him was annoying, but if this was his new ‘normal’, he was going to have to get used to it.
“So, what’re the possible places for us to be ‘spat out’? Are we goin’ to step around a tree and fall off a cliff?” Which wouldn’t be too much of a problem for him, but he wasn’t nearly strong enough to catch Maea as a raven.
He quickly caught up to the pale woman, falling into step beside her as best he could. He grunted at the offer to change shape. “Walkin’s fine. I don’t even want to know where this place might send me if I wander off on my own again.” He unconsciously shifted his pack on his shoulder.Not being able to wrap his cloak around it and carry it with him was annoying, but if this was his new ‘normal’, he was going to have to get used to it.
“So, what’re the possible places for us to be ‘spat out’? Are we goin’ to step around a tree and fall off a cliff?” Which wouldn’t be too much of a problem for him, but he wasn’t nearly strong enough to catch Maea as a raven.
