Jade Fern Grove A situation

Again the sky had opened up, but Arbiter was under the canopy of a forest not too dissimilar to her own -- okay, it was reasonably different but it wasn't strange enough that she felt significantly out of place.  It wasn't home, but it was shelter from the worst of the rain.  The patter of the drops stifled put a level of white noise over the world that made her pay more attention to things around her.  Though she was barely inside the grove on the edge that was closest to the Hollow, she didn't want to wander much farther than she already had -- the walk would be far enough as it was.

She sniffed the air, and though the rain brought a certain amount of freshness, it also unfortunately washed things away.  Her ears tipped this way and that as she wove her way through the trees and ferns, searching for a trail that might keep her occupied while the storm abated.