We didn't have an hour to waste on me cooking some fried chicken so we settled with rations as we packed up everything into our storage devices. Hayden's ring was an expensive object because it held nearly three times the storage space my own ring held. His parents must have been rich indeed. As for the dagger, I placed it in my ring, though I doubted I'd ever use it. I had my glaive and my techniques.
"We should build a place like this if we ever settle down," Sandra said, a sad look in her eyes, and left the treehouse behind. I understood how she felt. Despite not having been here for long, it had felt like home, not just to me, but to all of us. It was simple, to say the least, but cozy and safe.
"If we do, I don't think it will be in the plains," I replied. After this whole debacle with the tower was over, we would most likely finish our training then take some time off before we headed over to the border cities to await the expedition, which was our ticket out of the plains.