Eldarin shrugged, a fair enough response. He waved at the mapmaker as he passed from view then Eldarin turned to face the imposing wood. Well at least he had [b]a[/b] flask of water, hopefully that would be enough to make it through the forest without needing to drink from the river. "[b]Well no time like the present.[/b]" he muttered and set off into the forest, his sword out but he refrained from cutting the foilage. For some reason it felt like the plants wouldn't like it very much and he wanted to get through the enclosed space as quickly as possible, hopefully without getting attacked. Keep his wits about him hm? Well not getting lost would be good, he'd have to make sure he kept going in one direction, no point in keeping track of where behind him was, just keep moving forward.