> "That would be appreciated. Or even just telling me where to go, if you're busy."

> "Well, alright, if you say so."
> What non-mountain markets are we aware of that aren't in the Human Village?
> Is there a faster way to get to the Human Village from here than ducking back into the river and popping up later downstream?

> ...Hopefully she's predicting we'll win the Iris contest?
> "I'm...just looking for a way to get back home. I don't want any trouble. Given who you've said you are, I don't even want to be bothering you with this, I just don't really have any other options."

> Would it be possible to start going part of the way through a tract of the forest we know best and then when we approach the most exposed areas,after we have combinined our abilities with Star's and Sunny's for "safetravel",  to scout-flying through the forest under-canopy in order to evalute&decide whenever to "slow&safely proceed through the tress" or "flying quickest above the forest" ?

> You decide to fly through the part of the forest you are most familiar with, and then go above the canopy when you get closer to your destination and are less familiar with the terrain.

> Sunny and Star accompany you, with you going above the treeline once you start to approach the Misty Lake.

> The lake isn't red too, is it?

> Now that you can see the lake, the water is not red. However, the usual mist is certainly tinted scarlet. The mist is a lot thicker here than it was at the Tree.

> There also seems to be a strange building at the lakeside. Well; there was always a strange ruined building. But this new one is larger, and not ruined. And seems styled differently. The mist also seems a lot thicker around it specifically.

[Sorry for somewhat late reply; been unwell; the ruined building is the Prisimriver manor; which is also near the Misty Lake]

> "Oh. Er, sorry for the misunderstanding, then."

"

>"It's fine," she says, "It's an honest question, isn't it?"

>_