How deep the rabbit hole

"No, no! It's fine, just unexpected." she said with a light laugh. "And I am glad to hear my name still means something to someone. Perhaps we might find a way to bring this barrier down out here." she said with a grin. With a sigh she layed back in the grass, letting her arms fall to either side. She might have been known as a scary, no-nonsense captain, daughter of a literal legend, duchess from the highest echelons of their society. But in the moment she was just Roana, a young woman who had been through too much in too short a time, enjoying the feel of cool grass on sore skin. When he said he stayed in a wagon though she opened one eye to look at him skeptically. "A wagon? That's it? And you could have gone outside if you wanted?" she said in full surprise. His reaction to her description of Long Night was telling. Things really could not be more different between here and within. "It is. All the more reason that wretched barrier needs to come down." she said quietly. "Fae...what all can they do? Are they...usually friendly if you don't say you are from inside the barrier?" she said with a small smile. Hmmm...her mind wandered to the odd patterns he had taken in running through the woods to get them here. The way the woods shifted must have been why. "And you know the paths...because the Fae taught you? Delah did seem awfully fond of you." she said with a smirk. Roana 'Cause it makes me that much stronger Makes me work a little bit harder It makes me that much wiser So thanks for making me a fighter