On the word of the creature that had decided to stick with her which somewhere she felt because she had killed the spirit that was beating it up. they continued to walk which felt like hours before Belle turned to it.
"Are you sure this is the way?" she asked the creature.
The creature named Hector gave a thought which she believed was something it did often to say, "This was the way a few months ago," it answered. Belle narrowed her eyes at it, "Why you look at me?" it asked like it didn't know what it had done.
Belle moved her head, her eyes searching for any possible way or path to the town as it felt like they were walking in a circle for quite some time, "How long have you been living here?"
"Me has been here for four decades," the creature answered and Belle raised her eyebrows.
