We walked for one more hour before arriving next to a small lake, we all sighed in relief as we dropped next to it and started drinking, it had been filtered by the rocks, so we wouldn't have to worry about it being contaminated or about it making us sick.

As we drank, I realized that there were gems at the bottom of the water and could feel its melody calling for me to reach out. I gripped the edge to prevent myself from diving to go and touch the gems, I knew it wouldn't be a good idea to do that in front of the others.

I didn't know if they felt the same call as I did, but I didn't want to take any chances. As a precaution, I decided to go take a walk to try to get rid of the melody enchanting my every moves, I wanted nothing more than to dive in the small lake and feel the water touch my skin as my fingertips grazed the surface of the gems, their colors were so beautiful seen from the surface that I couldn't help wondering how they would look like from underwater. 

I tried to stop thinking about it as I accelerated my pace and started jogging. 

I could feel my breath shorten as I felt my feet entering in contact with the ground, it made a thumping noise every time it touched the rocks that composed the path, my black leather boots reflecting the sun as I jogged across the mountains, I could feel the thick sea air sticking to my pores as I inhaled the fresh yet salty air. 

The wind got stronger as I started running, I stopped after a while, and decided to rest for a while before going back, from the rock I was sitting on, I could hear the echoes of everything happening in the mountains and the nearby forest, whether it be the water that was someplace close, to the animals running through the forest, or the sound of leaves crackling and the wind playing with the branches and the leaves growing on them. 

I got rid of my jacket as it had started to become warmer as the sun was glowing in the middle of the sky as if it was reborn and decided to blind us with its yellow light.

I stayed like this for an hour before heading back to the lake we had found earlier this morning and as I started heading back. I could feel the sun going back to sleep as the warmth it had showed earlier retreated and eventually disappeared to be replaced by the cold white greeting of the moon.

I turned back to watch for a few instants as the sun retreated for the night to take place, it pink and orange traces painted the sky as it descended and eventually grey and white marks trailed the dark blue sky as an white orb took possession of the sky, it wasn't complete tonight unlike other nights. 

Tonight it had taken the form of a broken bowl with only half of it remaining. I turned my back to this astral spectacle and went back from where I had come this morning. 

I was able to see the path in a new light as I walked through it with only the moon's light to guide me through it, it was a straight path with no turning point, which made it easy for me to be able to walk in a fast demeanor to try to go back to where I was in the morning. 

I saw the crystal blue reflection in the distance as I approached it and tried to look for any clues of where they could've gone after finishing to bottle up some water. On one of the rocks was a symbol written in a cream like color, it seemed to indicate that I should go north.

I had asked Nila to write down some instructions or anything really that could help me locate them, I could've found them without that kind of frivolity to be honest, but I didn't want them to question how I would be able to do so. 

I had told them that I could sometimes wander off to take a walk and they had nodded and told me that they might to, I did indeed see that one of them did as I could see two different paths forming as I started following their footprints, the one that had followed them seemed to have bigger feet as to what I guessed Masov or Khail might have been the ones to have wandered off.

I could hear laughs and noises coming from my right as I walked up a small hill to discover everyone sitting around a small fire that lit their faces in an orange and red shade.

I could see their smiling faces as they roasted a Duakn on a stick, it exterior seemed crispy and well roasted, as such I could guess that had been roasting it for a while. I could smell it burned yet crisp skin that had been accompanied with some sort of yellow and round veggie that was cooking in the embers of the fire. 

I stood in the shadows for a few minutes enjoying the smell that got carried by the wind as I listened to them talking about everything and nothing while enjoying their meal. I walked out of the shadows after they had finished eating.

I could still see some roasted Duakn on the stick as I approached the fire, I might be able to take a small piece before they finished eating it. 

I saw Helaena's turn as she probably heard me walking towards them, she smiled as she said "do you want some? Its still warm." I smiled and responded "yes please! It looks good!" she took a piece off and handed me a leaf and the piece of meat on top of it. 

As I entered the piece of meat in my mouth, I felt the flesh dissolve itself, the salty and nature like flavors were perfectly combined and made it taste exquisite. I couldn't stop a sound of delight from coming out of my mouth as I savored the remaining piece of Duakn I had. 

I lifted my headed as I heard a few laughter, I saw Nila and Jax smiling and laughing as they looked at me eating, Jax said with a hand over his mouth trying to cover his amusement "its good, isn't it? Do you want some more?" I looked suspiciously at him as I was about to answer "no its..." only to be interrupted by my stomach rumbling as if I hadn't eaten anything in the past week. He smiled and said "I guess that's a yes" he stood up and took a piece of meat, he walked and kneeled down next to me, he took the leaf I had received from Helaena earlier and placed the piece of Duakn upon it while giving it to me. 

I looked at it and lifted my hand up to smell it discreetly to try to see if he had put anything in it, it seemed clean and he probably wouldn't have tried anything in plain sight where everyone could see him, he might be an asshole, but he wasn't dumb. 

If he really wanted to hurt me, he would try to isolate me from the others or try to discredit me in the eyes of the others. 

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