Once we left the hospital, the two of us headed back home down the line of connected trees. I was at the point where I was sitting down with Gaia on my lap, and the grass was pushing my lazy ass home.
"Sorry for making you work so hard! You look exhausted!" Gaia said, and I chuckled, stroking her hair.
"Don't worry about it. I could have used one of the baths there to get some energy back, but I wanted to go home. So, it's really just my fault for being a stubborn fool. Those people needed our help, and now they are better," I explained, and Gaia nodded as people waved and greeted us as we passed.
It was like riding on a magic carpet through the city at ground level and being some semi-popular public figure. People didn't mob me, but everyone watched me and most greeted me.
It was all still strange, but things were going to keep on changing, so I would just have to roll with the punches. That was all I really could do.
