She doesn't recognise that tree.
She's been here before, she's not that far from the estate, this isn't some unknown place. She must've taken a wrong turn, of course, but where? She should probably just try to retrace her steps, Jaol will be incredibly mad at her...
"I was thinking we check out, pretending to leave when Sarati does, though in reality I'll spend some more time in the markets under a different face - the city's busy enough no one should notice we didn't actually leave - and then just move out into the wilderness somewhere. From there I'll work on spying on the castle at a distance."
"Like—spatially weird? The places I visited were alright but it was not directly the same as you'd expect from the outside."
"I'm not sure how that'd interfere with spying jutsu, if it even would. It might throw off my wood-sense, though, and it might make things like traveling through the ground harder."
"Your wood-sense might be able to provide a more accurate map of the interior than my memory could, though."
"Yeah. It doesn't do non-living materials well, but I'd be honestly surprised if there aren't at least weeds and moss most places. It'd be nice if I could get an idea of how distorted the space is, too."
"Same. Especially since if it does work, and if I can get the wood-traveling jutsu working, you'll be able to have backup easily if something goes catastrophically wrong."
He puts the back of his hand on his forehead, closes his eyes, and looks as if he's about to fall.
"My love, you shall not want for protection as long as I draw breath," she says gravely, with the air of a quote.
"It's from an incredibly melodramatic play, though there were a few good lines."
Kiss! "Love you too. So much. When we've fixed my world we can go see all the melodramatic romances."
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