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Falla assured kindly.
    “Flying?” Emily asked. She trembled and looked down while holding her arms around herself. Luna smiled gently at the girl and walked over to her, kneeling down and holding her close.
    “It’s ok, I’ll carry you myself, it’ll be fun,” Luna said gently as she picked the girl up into her arms, with the child’s legs hanging over one arm while her body was held close with the other. Emily clung to Luna tightly and trembled a bit before Luna nudged her head with her nose. The child looked up towards Luna’s face as the butterfly girl smiled gently at her.
    “Don’t worry, I won’t let you go. I’ll take it nice and slow for you, ok?” she said softly. Emily nodded then held onto Luna tightly. Luna fluttered her wings then gently took off into the air, with Emily clinging to her nervously as she felt them rising up higher into the air. Falla chuckled then followed after, watching as Luna carried the human child in her arms while they flew off in the direction Daniel’s caravan had gone earlier. As they flew over the forest and up into the air Falla had a sly smile on her face, her wings fluttering behind her as she kept pace with her sister.
    ‘Once Daniel thinks I’m some kindhearted girl, he’ll let me get closer to him out of trust, then his seed will be mine.’
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    Rolling along a worn path a caravan was moving at a steady pace, being pulled by a single white horse with a human at the reins. Daniel watched as Lucky continued on the path of worn dirt and grass while trees and hills passed by on both sides, the sun shining through some clouds above as the travelers made their way across the land.
    Inside the caravan Triska was looking down at a map she had set on the floor, with Specca beside her and going over their planned route through the outerlands. Alyssa was sitting on the other side of the map and looking at their path while drumming her fingers on the skull ornament on her staff at her side. Next to her Squeak was tilting her head curiously as she looked at the map, not seeming to understand what anything on it meant too well as she listened to her friends talking.
    “So we’re not too far off from the village of Eston, but we’re still a ways off from reaching the elven forest,” Specca concluded while tracing her finger along the map.
    “This is taking so long to get there, especially if we zig and zag around the outerlands like this,” Triska complained as she traced out their planned route, which was anything but a straight line. Specca shook her head and eyed over all their planned stops and markers.
    “A straight shot would be idea for time; however we need to explore more of the outerlands on our way there. Remember, you came across an ant girl nest where one wasn’t supposed to be. There could potentially be other monster races along the way to the elven forest we could find, and every bit helps Daniel’s cause,” she reasoned. Alyssa nodded and eyed the map carefully.
    “The more ground we cover, the more monsters we could find. Still, this route is going to add much more time to reach the elves, here’s hoping we find others who can help us,” she pointed out. She blinked then showed a dull expression as she glanced to Specca.
    “Um, Specca?” she asked. The girls looked to her as she pointed to something.
    “Tell me we’re not traveling way out here just for a lake,” she inquired, pointing to a lone lake on the map that was far off from their route. Specca glanced away sheepishly with a shrug.
    “Hey, we need to explore everywhere we can, right?” she reasoned.
    “That’s going to take two days to get out there, and two days to get back to our planned route, and there’s nothing else remotely close to it,” Alyssa mentioned.
    “Leave no stone unturned, as they say,” Specca commented with closed eyes.
    “Then why are we ignoring here, here, and here?” Triska questioned as she noticed that Specca’s route swerved and avoided three