Golden Glade Wonders await you just on the other side.

wayfarer spoke! heda was not sure she had heard the other speak much. "yeah," she muttered sheepishly, shaking debris from her coat. "just obsessed with birds." she made a face aimed at herself and then straightened out her features.
"were ... um, were you exploring? because i can go if you wanted to be, like, alone," heda managed, glancing around so she could squeeze her eyes shut in a cringe at how awkward she was being.
but she hoped wayfarer — more than hoped — wouldn't want her to dip just yet.