There was a laugh from Janius upon the structures above being pointed out. He put his hands on his hips and commented, "Amazing! I never would have found this without knowing. Hey, Kaleeth," Janius looked to her, "Did you want to climb or take the platform?"

Enthusiastic, Rhazii motioned to climb down from Fendros' back, where he was being carried. He was the first to run up to the rope Ra'maranja was holding to try and climb it. "Wait, hold on, Rhazii!" Fendros stepped up after him and caught him by the waist before the cub could climb higher than a metre. With a laugh, Fendros held onto him and lowered him onto the ground. "It's a long way up, Rhazii. We'll take the pulley platform."

Sabine was just as amazed by the treetop platforms. She took a few moments to respond to Peiter as he asked about the training. Instead of saying any words immediately, she looked at him, then walked to the trunk of the tree with the rope. After some rummaging, she found a second rope leading up. She then shot Peiter a challenging grin.

While there was much growing in Sabine since her ritual, one vestige of her childhood she still enjoyed was climbing trees. She didn't get to do much of any tree climbing in the clan for three straight years, but this opportunity was for a higher climb than normal. She wouldn't pass it up. "If you get to the top before me, you get to pick swords or spells," Sabine said, before grabbing one of the ropes with both hands and striding up the tree trunk at speed. She was a little slower than usual, courtesy of the journey, but she wasn't playing to lose.

Tzirret was breathing heavily through his mouth and sat down after the group stopped. His ears had been flat the entire time as they trudged through the heat. The weather had done well to sap his strength. He looked up with astonishment at Sabine. "There is no energy in this one. How is there energy in that one?" he asked no one in particular.

Gallus ran his tongue around in his mouth for a moment, regarding the outpost. "I guess they'll get the lift for us," he said, before looking to Ra'maranja, "How strong are those ropes? Can they hold more than one at a time?"

Perhaps observing what he thought he would look like climbing up the tree in Sabine and Peiter, Rhazii had an open-mouthed smile as he watched them. "Mama, dada, I want to climb the tree!" Rhazii pleaded.