Broken Boulder Roads go ever ever on

Mali was normally pretty well behaved, followed instructions, and that whole jazz.  Okay, he was a little bit loud but that didn't have anything to do with the amount of trouble he caused, and today he was definitely causing some trouble.  No matter what had been said to him, he'd gotten it into his head that Queenie had totally just gotten lost somewhere and he was just gonna find her and it was totally going to be easy!  This was despite the fact that his experience in the world beyond a few hundred yards beyond the den was pretty limited, but that wasn't gonna stop him!

Thus, at some point when whoever was watching them wasn't paying enough attention to the boy, Mali set off in a random direction of his choice, striding off like he owned the world -- and at a pretty good clip too, as he was out of eyesight as fast as only a young kid can seem to do.  Right now, he was confident and determined, a serious frown etched into his young brow.  Give him ten minutes and he'd maybe be starting to regret his choices.