After moving along that direction for some distance, Ryu stopped and turned back to look at Avon. Having no other way, Avon stopped his horse as he, too, started staring at Ryu. Soon the sun started setting and the sky was getting darker. As they went deeper inside that forest, Ryu slowed her horse down and stopped on the side. "Why are you halting here? Is there something wrong?" Avon asked her, getting worried. But Ryu still refused to respond to him. As she quietly started unloading her stuff which was tied to the horse. "What is her problem, man? She has to come with me but won't talk, like, how strange it is. It doesn't even feel like I had someone with me all this while," Avon was talking to himself as Ryu continued to avoid him. While Ryu, in the meantime, had collected all the broken twigs and dry branches scattered around them, she put them in the corner and lit llup a fire.
Avon had understood by now that he would have to spend the rest of the night there, in the middle of the forest. So he tied the leash of his horse to a tree and went towards Ryu to help her. But as soon as he got closer to her, Ryu picked up her sword and pointed it towards him. "Hey, I'm here to help you, you're misunderstanding this completely," Avon said, backing away from her. While Ryu just shook her head, telling him that she did not need his help. Avon was really getting frustrated with her, but there was nothing he could do to help his cause either. He went to his horse and took out his sleeping bag from his belongings. Avon set up his bed at a distance from the fire but not too far that the animals or insects could potentially kill him. Avon looked towards her again, she was taking something out from her luggage along with some utensils. "What have I got myself into? And why did one maniac send another maniac with me?" While thinking all that Avon laid down on his bed facing the other side.
He was getting worried about the others now. Avon still didn't understand what was happening. "If I fail to reach that same place, what would happen to Nancy, in which timeline had Soya sent her, whether she would be safe or not. What would happen to everyone else, how would they be, who would be looking after his company in his absence. Is there something still missing in the PSUIT device, because of which I am not able to escape this timeline, or is there some other powerful entity who is controlling my life and timeline at will, but why?" All these things were going on in his head. After mulling over all those thoughts for some time, Avon was about to fall asleep when someone put a hand on his shoulder and asked him to wake up.