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areas by a large margin. Specca glanced to the map then looked up with a shrug.
    “To dry and barren there,” she reasoned.
    “Specca!” Alyssa shouted out, with the nixie flinching then looking to her nervously.
    “You’re just having us go anywhere that has a river or lake near it, we can’t limit ourselves to areas that have water,” Alyssa scolded. Specca pouted and looked down to the map.
    “But it’s a good route though, I worked really hard on it,” she whined.
    “We’re also missing this place to check out,” Triska mentioned while pointing to a section of the map.
    “Here too,” Alyssa added while pointing to another.
    Squeak pointed to another part of the map that had been carefully avoided by the nixie’s route with a squeak.
    Specca looked around at the girls with a flustered expression and shook her head.
    “But… but we can’t go everywhere out there, there’s just not enough time… we can’t…” she stuttered. The girls just looked at her with dull stares.
    “Leave no stone unturned, as they say,” Alyssa repeated flatly.
    “But, Triska, you just said it’s taking a long time to reach the elven forest, if we extend our route to all of those places that’ll double our time at the very least,” Specca reasoned nervously. Triska nodded while eyeing the nixie with a raised eyebrow.
    “And in doing so we may find more proof for Daniel’s case with the queen. I want to get to the elven forest soon, but I don’t want to miss an opportunity to help Daniel along the way,” she reasoned. Specca stammered something then looked to Alyssa with a nervous smile.
    “But, Alyssa, we don’t have enough provisions to last an extended trip as it is. If we change the route we won’t be able to stock up on supplies in some of the towns when we need them, and I know you don’t care for little meals such as simple sandwiches and water,” she mentioned with a few nods. Alyssa just gave her a dull stare for a moment before rolling her eyes.
    “We have enough food, I can get more food from home, Triska can hunt for food, we’re not going to starve out here. And yes, I don’t care for what Triska considers to be a full meal-”
    “Hey, I don’t see you whipping up an elaborate spread every day!” Triska barked out. Alyssa paused for a moment then continued.
    “However, this isn’t a joyride out here, we’re helping Daniel with his quest, remember? For that I’ll deal with Triska’s poor cooking,” she reasoned.
    “Poor cooking? Excuse me if I don’t use magic to make everything perfect!” Triska shouted out.
    “Aw, you think my cooking is perfect? That’s so sweet of you to say,” Alyssa said with a giggle. Triska growled and reached back for her sword, with Specca grabbing her arm with both hands and struggling to keep the girl from unsheathing the blade.
    “But… but… what about Squeak’s nest? We can’t take too long getting to the elves and then to Rockhelm, Squeak’s nest is moving closer to Ashwood as we speak, remember?” Specca pleaded while trying to keep Triska from taking out her sword.
    “And we need more proof for Daniel’s case to show the queen of Rockhelm, which we can get by searching all the areas we can on our way to the elven forest, now let go of me so I can show Alyssa how my sword tastes!” Triska yelled out as the nixie kept trying to hold her arm back.
    “Triska, stop, no swordplay in the caravan,” Specca pleaded nervously. Alyssa shook her head then looked to Squeak who was eyeing the map with worried eyes. Hearing about how her nest was trapped between the city of Ashwood and ant-lionesses got her worried about her kind’s safety again.
    “We have time, Squeak,” Alyssa assured gently, with the ant girl glancing to her with a quiet squeak.
    “We have time, so we need to use it to get as much proof for Daniel’s case as we can for the queen,” Alyssa reasoned. Squeak nodded and looked down to the map while Triska finally gave up and