Sun Mote Copse Time and time again

She remained quiet while Fen pondered and then chose a direction: right. Sugar fell into step with her paler cousin again, finally breaking the silence to say, "Sorry about that." She wasn't sure if she'd hurt Fennec or simply insulted her; in any case, she wanted to apologize. And she hoped Fen would elaborate on what part of it had bothered her, so Sugar could file the information for later.

Otherwise, they strode in uneventful silence as Sugar took a moment to really appreciate everything she was seeing, since Fen couldn't. It was a shame that she had no idea about the autumnal splendor surrounding them on all sides. She frowned to herself, making sure to glance at Fen every few seconds to make sure she wasn't veering toward the river or anything else that might prove treacherous.