Arrow Lake ultra unlucky

Elfie had been home-bound for two days, because his headaches had returned and no amount of willow-bark had helped him to deal with them. Quite the contrary, it made him so nauseous that he no longer wished to eat.

On the third day, however, he awoke with a sense of a relief. The pain had gone and now he had to get rid of the stale taste of the bark out of his mouth. So with no Maegi in sight, off he went to find some pika and satiate his hunger. 

But before he spotted the feisty little lagomorphs in the vicinity of the lake, he caught sight of a blonde stranger moving away. He seemed vaguely familiar, though Elfie had no idea from where and when. The best mode of action seemed catching up and asking. What he did. "Hey!" he called out to the stranger. "Wait! Who are you?" he asked, his expression friendly and curious.