Moonspear To infinity... and beyond

Although she had prepared herself for a negative reply, Wildfire nonetheless felt quite crestfallen when the stranger reported she had never seen nor heard of him. She thought of what to say next. The pale girl hadn't introduced herself (again she was reminded of June) so Wildfire figured she should probably thank her and move along. Before she could even open her mouth, though, the other youngster asked an unrelated question.

"No, I didn't see any fires, though I know that storm last month caused a few," the young Naturalist called back before deciding to leap down from her perch after all and begin moving a bit closer. If they were going to carry on a conversation, she didn't want to lose her voice, especially since she had a really hard time raising it. "I know the Heartwood burned down and it's not far from here. Did you actually see the fire?" she couldn't help but wonder.