"Hmm, I don't know if I should be proud of that," Vera replied in amusement to her companion's statement about him finding what she had been doing scarier than anything else that had happened.

"Well unfortunately, our chances of winning this thing heavily depend on luck, perhaps even more so than skill," she then pointed out when he spoke about not wanting to finish last. Personally though, she did consider that she might have to be thankful for the fact she had stated, seeing as how she didn't have the slightest experience with something like this and that there was a chance that she might have an advantage if other participants' paths were even more difficult than her own.

This boy had made it clear that he wanted to win. Despite that, he still seemed rather pleasant and not overly competitive. It was nice to know that he appreciated her company as much as she did his. "Oh yes, of course. It'll be great to win this. We'll do our very best!"

'Silas' then replied to her asking for his name, also telling her his element and asking for hers. "My element is light, though, it probably wouldn't help even if there wasn't a rule about not using our powers. If you actually saw me using my light abilities as I can right now, you probably wouldn't be seeing anything after."

Vera let out a small laugh at her own humorous implication. She was actually quite eager to do some research about her element the next afternoon after classes, and perhaps even look for this 'venerable lord of light' that had been mentioned to her by Hargreaves. She brought her mind back to the run, figuring that she and Silas should be back at the crossroads soon, considering how long they had been walking. It is said that the journey of coming back from somewhere was always shorter than going to it. Obvious this didn't apply when the introduction of fog was a factor.

"Oh darn, picking another path will be be so much harder now with this mist."

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