Blacktail Deer Plateau and all god's people find their place

The stranger replied a bit brusquely. Lane's ears flattened in guilt, as she assumed that she was intruding on something. She halted her approach at a polite distance and sat down. 

"I'm looking for a way across the mountains that isn't--" Lane turned around to gesture at the looming Wall. "--that." She injected a little more cheerfulness in her voice than she truly felt, trying to make up for distinct possibility that her conversation partner didn't really want to be a conversation partner. "..A way around, maybe..?" she suggested, trailing off with uncertainty.