It's not coming along very quickly, but yes, it is safe; attempting to purify water does him no injury at all.

Okay, well, he can continue to do this for quite a while. A bit nervously, but still, he can do it.

But after that while he'll decide to go looking for Promise again. He tries a wider search circle this time.

Oh look, motion, over there.

He goes that way, then. Doesn't say anything just yet.

It's not Promise.

"You!" says Yellow. "You - stop!"

He stops. He also falls over since he was mid-stride, and he faceplants into the dirt, and he's stopped breathing and he's– stopped.

"Roll over," says Yellow, and, "Breathe. Where's Promise, answer me."

He does as told, saying, "I don't know."

… He finds himself some distance away. He finds himself– not as he was, not scared and on the floor and stopped, but instead he finds himself able to move, so he does, he gets up and runs away from where he knows he just was.

The boy who is under Yellow's orders continues to lie on the ground.

"Tell me the truth!" snaps Yellow.

"I don't know," he repeats, sounding rather hollow.

"Where'd you last see her, tell me the truth."

"Yesterday, I think," he says, desperately wishing not to be there. "Over where I was practicing sorcer–"

His words are abruptly cut off as he disappears.

Unaware of this, Leiht continues to run, really not sure about any of what's happening, but he needs to get away, so he puts on a burst of speed, and he's not going to be fast enough to evade Yellow, he might not need to if the name thing works, but Yellow could still torture him for his name, he doesn't know what's safe and he needs– he needs to get away.

There's plenty of away to be had in this forest.

He will have as much as he can, and he's actually really quick, even quite quick for a Rhune, and he knows that fairies can fly faster, but he tries to get away anyway.

If he spots any good places to hide, he might break off to hide in them. He can keep track of where he is, he knows how to get back, he just needs to focus on getting away.

There's hiding spots. There's various trees to be up, and rock formations to be under, and thickets to be in, and stuff like that.

After quite some running – it'll be difficult to search the radius, it's probably better for him to get further rather than stop earlier – he hides under a rock formation. A rock formation sounds good.

He hopes nobody comes, and he doesn't know when he's going to stop hiding, he doesn't know when he's going to try to return and find Promise.

And he needs to figure out what the hell is going on.

Yellow does not seem to be coming this way.

After about twenty minutes of varying degrees of panic and attempted logical thought, he has decided that he really doesn't have enough information and that he should probably get back to see Promise.

How soon until she was supposed to get back? It was three, but he doesn't know if that's already been and gone– he's missing bits. Which is weird.

Well, if he doesn't have a watch he will not be able to figure out when three is.

… He does actually have a watch! He got it at the same time as he got the clock, since it'd be useful for them to actually be able to coordinate on time properly, instead of him relying on clocks being available in the mortal world.

He hopes it isn't broken. It shouldn't be. It was in his bag – apparently he decided not to wear it, though he can't think why – so he takes it out and checks the time.

It's not three yet! ...Unless it's the next day!

Or the next week. Unfortunately he doesn't remember what date it was when he got the watch.

So he gets out from under the rock formation somewhat tentatively.