Shadewood Arriving to new lands

She'd watch the other warily as they inched a little closer, though the makings of an idle conversation as they walked towards the border offered little for her to be particularly on edge about.

Familiar faces, if any have actually bothered to follow me this far. It's doubtful, but I won't grow complacent. She'd shrug casually, a hint of humour lacing the words as they fell from her tongue. I'd forgotten to keep strangers in mind, it's been a while since I've come across another. She huffed as they continued on, quickening her trot to land a little ways ahead of the other.

The dreary sky was coming into view once more as the trees began to thin out, though the absence of the sun still offered little light to be strewn across the ground. A part of her was disappointed to be leaving behind the advantage of obscurity in the dense forest, but shadows could be found elsewhere just the same.