Ethan might normally have made this run himself were his entire body not as limp as a wet noodle right now. It had been quite a while since he had cast a spell that big, or any spell for that matter; traveling peacefully really didn't require any magic, so he'd not been practicing. He supposed he should count himself lucky he hadn't overdone it, as there were worse things than being brought to the brink of exhaustion. By the time they were well out of the settlement and placed down all he could do was laugh over the whole ordeal, not entirely certain how it had escalated so quickly. He'd gone from a run-of-the-mill morning in a tavern to battling some men in suits, and nearly blowing away an entire street in the process. It was a touch ridiculous in hindsight, and maybe he ought to have used his magic to help them flee faster, rather than create a miniature wind tunnel. 

"Ha... Oh, right! Sorry, brain's kinda... Not working right now," Ethan admitted with a sheepish grin, "Thanks for the help... Cecil. Guess you really are a Machina, eh? That's really something else, never... Met one of you before." A bit unusual given the few he'd seen were all in shambles or were very clearly robotic; Cecil looked like a boy, maybe an augmented one but a boy nonetheless. The world was funny like that though, you saw something a little different every day it seemed. "You're safe now, that's what matters. Shame we had to leave like that, but can't be helped!" Smiling up at their newest friend amused, the white-haired boy noticed ruffling in some bushes behind them, peering past the Machina to see a cobra fox coming out of the brush, and a Ydran woman not far behind it. Oh boy, was she someone else looking to hurt Cecil? He really didn't have another spell in him, he certainly hoped not.

She didn't sound hostile when she spoke, but rather more curious and maybe even amused. So his magic had been something of a spectacle to her, that was nice to know. Smiling sheepishly at the comments he shrugged his shoulders, giving Amuné a curious glance behind him. "Did you...? Well sorry, I can't say I recognize you. Today's been a weird one, forgive me for being a bit scatterbrained." Ethan was a bit surprised he hadn't died either, especially given how out of practice he was. That one may not have done him in but he sure as sin wasn't casting anything else for the rest of the day; with how slowly his magic tended to return he'd not chance even the simplest of spells, lest he push himself too far. At any rate they seemed to be safe out here, albeit it might not hurt to move in just a bit further, and off the road for that matter. 

"If it's okay with you all, we'll save the chatting for later..." Ethan began, pushing himself back onto his feet a bit unsteadily, "Those people will probably look for us, and we're not that far really. We should head further into the woods, maybe head... Uh..." Which way had they come anyways? It had been the opposite side of the settlement, but which way had he come in again? From the west? So that meant they left to the east, or maybe the north. Letting out a silent groan he reached back into his bag again, grabbing his map and uncurling it, studying the sheet carefully. "We should head... Away, how's that? At least until we know we're safe," Ethan said as he curled the map back up, smiling at everyone, "Since we're all here we might as well set up camp together, then we can part ways in the morning, if that's what you all want. No sense in splitting up now though, it'll get dark soon."

He wasn't wrong, as fairly quickly the sun had begun to set in the sky. It might not have been quite such a drastic change were they not in the middle of the woods, given that minimal sunlight made it in here already. Having found a decent spot off of the road, firewood was gathered and debris was cleared to make a suitable sleeping arrangement. They would be roughing it out here tonight, as not a single person had anything like a bedroll to make the evening any better; to try and accommodate Amuné however, Ethan had taken off his coat and offered it to her as a blanket, hoping to just make things a little easier on the child of the group. Once things had been put in place it didn't take the white-haired Magi very long to fall asleep, still quite worn out from today's casting. He didn't know when the others had gotten to sleep, yet once the sun had begun pouring down from the canopy he was the first awake, feeling properly recharged after sleeping off his exhaustion. To his confusion however he noticed they were one short as he looked around, failing to spot Asta or her cobra fox anywhere. Had they left last night, or earlier this morning? Shame they had gone so soon, it would have been interesting to talk and get to know them more. Shrugging it off he stood and stretched out for a moment, giving his side a scratch as he wondered if going to look for food might not be a bad idea.