Verdant Basin from megacities to mega...boring

@Fire!

Lysander was terribly, terribly lost. That was the first thing he noticed as he neared the treeline. He’d been faring well through the woods because who the hell knows where you’re going if there’s a bunch of trees waving their sticky branches at you every which way you turn. Nevertheless, he’d just about got used to being alone. It was quite fun, almost relieving actually, not having to be your siblings’s babysitter 24/7. Not that he didn’t like his sisters, or his younger brother...they were just, well, siblings. Anyway. 

How he managed out get so far south still remained a mystery (his sense of direction was probably not the best), but as he emerged from the coolness of the forest the second thing he noticed was the heat. Thanks for the thick coat dad. He paused and deliberated for a moment, wondering whether it would be worth heading back the way he came. But all the woods had to offer were squirrels. Boring old squirrels and tasteless rabbits. Stuff it. He was bored of trees anyway.

Wetting his lips, Lysander began to trot down the gentle green slopes towards the shore of the lake he saw in the distance. At least there he could cool off and perhaps bed down for the night, alone, as far as he knew.