"So can we get going?" I tell them as they exchanged items before the o-so tearful farewell to our bug protector.
"Hold on, let me just... Rossie-chira, come on!" she said while tightening up her bag before calling out to the insufferable one.
"Right..." was all she had to say before we finally got moving! And I was very excited for it as we were finally heading back to the main road! We could finally start heading up properly and we were going to do it all under the lights and sounds of the city and the airships that buzzed around it!
"Quit making those noises you two, we'll be able to get to an inn on the road."
"Are there even going to be rooms available?" Einervaene asked in disbelief as she looked at the crowds around us. There wasn't much else to look at right now so I was following wherever her gaze went.
"Of course, these places were built with the busy road in mind, these places will be huge, probably better than the backwater I came from alone! So you hear that aelenvari? We'll find grandeur fit for you alright." I explain before targeting the supposed lover of Nin.
"Where is Rossie-chira...?" Einervaene then asked in worry as she came to a stop. Something that caused me to grab her and push us through to the very mountain itself so we weren't in the way of anyone.
"Don't stop and look for her, we got to get moving!"
"Don't look for her...? We can't just leave our friend in this crowd!"
"There's only one way to go! We'll see her again, not hard to miss her!"
"But!"
"We stay the course!" I tell her sternly as I let go of her. Quickly stepping in front of her to prevent her from going anywhere before rolling my eyes and nabbing her hand. If my words weren't going to keep her on the road, my actions would!
"Her bag!" she then suddenly said as she shot past me with her superior strength, easily making her way through the crowd afterwards. Then, once she was done cultivating a batch of insults to be thrown at her, she was back by my side. And I was left somewhat jealous of her, here she was, seemingly a pushover yet she was indeed magically gifted.
"Alright, come closer to the side." I nearly hissed at her as we retreated from the crowds.
"See, her bag!" she told me with a voice full of worry as she shook it in front of me.
"She must have left it there, we can't go back for her." was all I had to say after gesturing to how the straps were. There was no way she just dropped it while being grabbed like Einervaene might have been thinking of.
"But...!"
"If she is no longer here then we have to let the bu- him deal with it." I told her firmly, quickly switching out the usual word I referred to Nin with before I fully said it.
"We need to look for her..." was what I heard her mumble before I dragged her onwards with little resistance.
"It's out of our hands now!"