Zo headed off, his long legs eating up the distance between them and the treeline. He wasn't running, instead loping, like most long legged animals are wont to do, and yet he was leaving her behind. When he reached the first tree, he leaped up to the first branch, and climbed it with apparent ease. He dropped down once she caught up and pointed.
"There's a game trail, we're to follow that. The river does cut through the forest, but it's not for some distance. If we travel now, we can make it by day and rest alongside its banks. The side we're aiming for has seen little traffic, we shouldn't be bothered."
Now that they weren't in town, he'd dropped using the common tongue altogether, preferring to speak to her in their tribe's dialect. He didn't look her directly in the eye and he had a way of standing that made it clear he could break into a run if he wanted. Within the forest, away from civilization, he was a wild thing.
"There's a game trail, we're to follow that. The river does cut through the forest, but it's not for some distance. If we travel now, we can make it by day and rest alongside its banks. The side we're aiming for has seen little traffic, we shouldn't be bothered."
Now that they weren't in town, he'd dropped using the common tongue altogether, preferring to speak to her in their tribe's dialect. He didn't look her directly in the eye and he had a way of standing that made it clear he could break into a run if he wanted. Within the forest, away from civilization, he was a wild thing.
