With the squirrels out of the way, it seemed that Boreal was content to stay with the humans - at least for the time being. Alys deferred to Ru to explain what they were looking for, keeping an eye out as they reached the end of their straightaway. With two choices - left or right, Alys paused, peering down each potential path. It looked like the path to the right curved back towards the center of the labyrinth, so she led them that way. "We should be getting closer to the center," she told her friends over her shoulder, peeking around the next curve and hoping that she wasn't just getting them hopelessly lost. Of course, the good news was that between Boreal and Ru, even if they got lost, they would be able to find their way out from above.
When Alys first got a glance of green and brown, she thought that maybe she was imagining it; but as they grew closer, she pointed with a grin. "There!" And she quickened her pace until she stood in front of a few stalks of the herb, then knelt to inspect it more closely. "This is it, right?" she asked, peeking up at Ru. She looked around. "I wonder if this is enough, or if we should keep looking?" Her gut instinct was that they would need more than just a few of the herb, but she'd been wrong before.
When Alys first got a glance of green and brown, she thought that maybe she was imagining it; but as they grew closer, she pointed with a grin. "There!" And she quickened her pace until she stood in front of a few stalks of the herb, then knelt to inspect it more closely. "This is it, right?" she asked, peeking up at Ru. She looked around. "I wonder if this is enough, or if we should keep looking?" Her gut instinct was that they would need more than just a few of the herb, but she'd been wrong before.
alys glasse
waiting for the right mind to drive insane
