[pre-intro] somewhere in the woods...

[clinging_ivy]

[...probably not terribly far from Mara House, there is one nervous baby Mara and one determined little boy. They are clearly lost, and at least one of them is not okay with this.]

This doesn't look right at all.

I've never seen this place before.

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[agrowingstorm]

The forest is all wrong, too. There aren't any trees like this on the Sei.

[clinging_ivy]

But we were right near home just a a little while ago....

[agrowingstorm]

You don't have to tell me that, silly. I know what home looks like.

Um. Well, don't worry Serifar. I'm sure we'll be okay...

[clinging_ivy]

Sorry. Of course you do.

[holding your hand] Right. We'll be okay.

[agrowingstorm]

[Holding your hand perhaps a little harder than I would if I were as calm as I'm pretending I am]

Of course we will. You're you, and I've been getting a lot better. ...All the same, we should look for someone, or shelter. We don't have any supplies, so it'd be hard to spend the night out in the woods.

[clinging_ivy]

[I will be brave! it's important!]

Right. ...How do we decide which way to go?

[agrowingstorm]

[Thinking about it]

Well, we came from behind us, so we should go a different direction. It might not matter, since behind us is different too, but since we don't know anything about where we are...

Do you see anything like a path?

[clinging_ivy]

[looking!]

Over there? I think there's sort of a road in that direction. Through the trees a little.

[agrowingstorm]

Okay. We should go that way, then. Eventually we'll find somebody, or a town or something.

[clinging_ivy]

[and we go that way. and find...Mara House!]

Oh -- oh good. I'm sure that Kastor and Stiaan will be able to help.