Heron Lake Plateau Fact or feeling

The leader offered a careworn nod in response and Bat's lips pursed. Before she could think of what to say next, Phox spoke, mentioning something about Shadewood. Wasn't that the name of the forest a few miles northwest of here? She scrunched up one eye as she tried to remember, then abruptly realized—with a comical shift in her expression as the proverbial light bulb appeared over her head—that her recent encounter with those possible mind readers had happened near there.

The youth made a guttural noise in her throat, as if about to speak, but caught herself. Niamh had just instructed Phox to go on, so she would keep quiet until he'd finished offering his information. Then Bat could toss out what she knew about Cry and Phex, assuming they were one and the same with Shadewood.