Pretend this is real for a while

R E M I Awkwardly as Vai neared, Remi shifted. Doing so on the ground was strange indeed, and rather than the graceful practiced landings that Remi was used to, he found himself in a tangle of limbs on the strange snow-less ground. Still panting slightly he looked around with confusion, seeing neither the lantern nor anything else to indicate foul play. Rubbing at his eyes with a mittened-hand, he finally caught his breath as he looked up at Vai with wide and devastated eyes. "I thought I saw it again. A lantern. I thought that she—" Rocking back onto his heels, Remi let himself full sit down on the ground, ignoring the way the chill of the earth immediately chilled him. "Ludo found me again. Only this time he took the form of someone else. My friend, the fox? Who fell from my roof? He told me there was a way through the barrier and Vai, I almost followed him again." Groaning, Remi rubbed at his eyes again this time with both hands. Again Remi looked around as if to reassure himself that the only light around them was caused by the obscured sun, and not a magical lantern. "I feel like I am going mad. "