To say that she was surprised by Silas' sudden tone of urgency would be an understatement, though, there was no time to actually address that as Vera felt herself virtually being dragged down her suggested path by her wrist a split second later.

"Ow! Hey! Not so- We still can't see very well. Wait- What if we trip over something?! Silas!"

Vera wondered what had gotten into her companion. Perhaps he simply want to finish the run quick after being told the way to the fountain, or maybe he was running from those two seniors for some reason. They had been running for some time, and from the way he seemed to be slowing to a stop, again for no obvious reason, she expected that she would be hearing some sort of explanation from him soon.

Considering she was hardly the athletic type, Vera found herself having to take a couple of deep breathes to recover from the unexpected sprint, speaking up again after he had let go of her. "What in the world was that all ab-"

[color=8493ca]"First of all, that guy was lying. A thorn bush is not enough to cut you up like that. Another thing... are we going to look for the Headmaster, or are we just going to continue the run and help out if we find him?"[/color]

Vera took a moment to process everything that he had just said before responding. "Well, I was kind of under the impression that him saying 'thorn bush' was merely a trivialization of something else that could actually, you know, cause damage like that. I didn't think of it that way, but you could be right too. Regarding finding the headmaster, well, we don't even know where we are right now, do we? Our best chance is to follow this path to the fountain anyway and see what happens from there. I recall him saying 'if' we find the headmaster, meaning that probably nobody actually knows where he is."

Her eyes then lit up at a sudden realization. "Oh, could that have been hint that the headmaster [i]is[/i] at the fountain? In that case, we should be really careful when, and if we make it there."

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