[quote]"She most probably doesn't care a lick about helping at the moment," said the fox. She grinned a little, though, and tilted her furry head at Arthur. "Because she don't know you just yet. How's she goin' ta know she wants ta help you if she don't know you? A stranger don't have any responsibility to see you home -- but a friend! Ah, a friend will go to the ends of the world to get you back to your own soft bed. How're you intendin' to go home without makin' a few friends on the way? It's a long way to go just by your lonesome." She poked her nose a little closer to the boy. "The gold lady is lonesome too, I've heard."[/quote]

Arthur fidgeted as he listened to the fox speak. What she said made sense, but how could he make friends with the gold lady? His only friend was Tyrone. However, if he was to get out of here, he would have to find out how.

He shuffled his feet and stared at the ground. "How can I be friends with the gold lady? How do I even meet her?"

Arthur paced around a bit and then stopped in front of the house. He looked at it truly for the first time. He stared at the turnkey on the robot's back curious about what might happen if he turned that key. He then noticed some movement at the window. A set of eyes peeked out cautiously through the blinds. They looked just as scared as Arthur felt. He was not sure what to do, and as a result he just stared at them with a slightly dumbfounded expression.