[color=yellow]"She's not?"[/color] Sunny poked her head over the porch banister and draped her elbows over it. The old man was still below, in an argument with a fairy over who had been driving the runaway house. Sunny had abandoned them to sort out their differences on their own.

Instead, she stared curiously between Laphicet and the mysterious not-a-forest-guardian, a small grin on her face. [color=yellow]"Well, you definitely [i]look[/i] like a forest-guardian. You could probably [i]be[/i] one if you wanted to. But [i]Laphi![/i]"[/color] she suddenly shouted, her grin beaming. She hoisted herself up higher, eager to tell him the story.

[color=yellow]"You [i]teleported![/i] We were right down there, then we were up there, in an [i]instant![/i]"[/color] she flung her hands in the air for drama, nearly losing her balance in the process. [color=yellow]"That's impossible and amazing! And then! You didn't see, we were trapped up here on the porch with no way down, and [i]you[/i],"[/color] she patted Nyte's hollow armor, [color=yellow]"ran right underneath the house, right into all those mechanical legs, I lost sight of you and thought for [i]sure[/i] you'd be crushed -- but instead you brought the whole thing down. You didn't get a [i]scratch[/i], did ya?"[/color] She held a hand out to Nyte by way of introduction. [color=yellow]"Since you're [i]not[/i] a forest-guardian, I guess it's okay to introduce myself. I'm Sunny. This is Laphicet. We're vagrants, on our way to Occurro. Know how we can get there?"[/color]

Sunny looked from Laphi to Nyte and back again, then leaned close to whisper in Laphi's ear. [color=yellow]"I think she likes you."[/color]