Emberwood victory's contagious

Again they made a few brief steps, then stopped only for the tawny girl to quickly tack on some response. Of course the white boy was still close at hand, stopping when she did to listen. Why he chose to follow when she limped away was any guess. Each time she began moving away, a less naive creature might get the hint and leave her be.

He was caught by surprise at her question, gold eyes looking at the grinning face, trying to understand why she'd ask something so absurd, the humour lost on him. "The clouds? They're not any sort of guide. What are you, simple?" No, He wasn't aware of the simple fact that anyone around here would likely have no idea what he meant, what the sky-ways were, or how to read them. "If you've been following the clouds, it's no wonder you walked off a cliff." Following stars was one thing. Following clouds? That's obviously just absurd. The oblivious boy clearly missing the punchline, or becoming one of his one.