Overture Downs Feel quite clean in this new skin that we have grown.

It didn't feel like she'd done anything with her life so far, having been too small for a lot of it. The little adventures Ibis had taken had always seemed too big for her. But the way that Breccan spoke to her about it, commending her and praising her, was welcome. Ibis didn't know what else to say to him - she wanted to impress him more, gather that praise and bask in it, but she couldn't think straight. The boy had a nice voice and the more he used it, the more she wanted to listen to it.

So where else do you plan to go exploring? He asked — maybe jealous of her adventures, although if Ibis had really gotten in to the details of her travels the truth would've easily come out. She was no great world traveller or adventurer, she was just accident prone and unable to distinguish directions properly (at least in the beginning). Those were things she chose not to share, as they'd tarnish whatever image the conversation had built; she wondered if that counted as a lie, then, but decided not to dwell on it because she'd much prefer the conversation continue.

Well, my brother wants to go find one of our childhood friends. Sort-of like a... A half-brother, or an adoptive one. I was never very close with this person, but Okeanos is worried for him and wants to reconnect. We'll be going wherever the road takes us.

It wasn't the first time she'd spoken of the upcoming departure but it was the first time Ibis had really stopped to think about the plan, and to wonder about the world outside of the Hollow. Besides the nearest packs between here and Elysium, neither herself or Okeanos had any familiarity with the world. How big was it? How much ground would they have to cover before they found Mali? What if they got lost - what if Mali was gone? What if they faced a great danger that even her big brother couldn't handle? That made her think of something else: Do you want to come with us? She smirked at the thought, and watched Breccan, wondering if the idea appealed to him. The more the merrier, right?