She frowned, crossing her arms as she watched Esprum and Aurellius finish their word fight. "For the good of our sanity, I sure as hell hope we find this relic soon." She muttered, shaking her head. She wasn't walking nearly as easily and some of the color appeared drained from her face. It was all she could do however, having been sapped by Aslin. She tried to take it easier, walking at a very relaxed pace.

She turned her head then, looking back at Esprum. It couldn't have been easy on him, being such a timid man, to have stood up to Aurellius like that. That was something worthy of pride in her book, anyways. She fell back Esprum, laying a hand on his shoulder as she said in a soft tone "That took some guts."

In response, the bookworm would only glance towards the hand for half a second, before glaring straight ahead through his glasses.

"You know, you don't have to be worried about what everyone else thinks of what you say. You'd be a far better team mate if you'd come out of that thick shell of yours more." She grinned, the canine in her teeth showing as longer than most normal humans. "You have what it takes to be a leader, but you need to be able to jump a bit more."

He was as silent as ever, though the shift of emotion clearly showed his frowned as he walked forward. It would have taken a few moments, but he finally replied. "I'll work on it."

"I guess that's all I can really ask for... I've got your back, Esprum, you just need to ask and I'll be there." She began to speed up, heading back towards Aslin incase she needed any help as their convoy continued through the dense forest. They followed along a rough dirt path, rocks and bumps making their footsteps seem jagged and irregular. The members of the 4 person party bobbed up and down, again and again. No one seemed in the highest of spirits, and it was barely into the mission. They came upon a small clearing in the forest, which Nicoleta paused at.

"We should rest here." She said, crossing her arms. "We're in no shape to fight anything further. Our team wants to kill each other and we're already half dead. If we went in there like this, those Vacuans would be able to defeat us without much problem. I'm not saying we should set up a camp here, but we need a little while to cool off."