Alphonse had stopped jogging a little while in. It's not as if he couldn't do it anymore - his new body dealt with physical activity much better than he'd ever had while he was alive. Well, he alive now, but that was beside the point. There was a lot to see here in this forest, and he didn't want to miss it. The forest critters were similar to his own, but if he looked closely there were some differences. Even the trees and leaves were a little different to the ones he knew. It was certainly a familiar world, but in the same way that Alice must have felt when she went through the looking glass for the first time, Alphonse felt like a stranger to the scenery. [color=green][i]Well, that might have to do with the fact that I've never really been in a forest before.[/i][/color] He thought to himself. Public parks were like garbage dumps compared to the pristine sea of green before him. Sadly, his enthusiasm soon began to simmer down. Initially he enjoyed the feeling of being in a slightly alien world, but he got used to it. The trees, leaves, animals and insects were a only a little different, but they acted pretty much the same. As he walked he got more used to it, and soon enough he was bored. [color=green][i]Where am I supposed to go anyway?[/i][/color] he wondered. As he walked the boy pondered his encounter with the goddess, Aleala, and tried to lay out what he knew about the situation. He had died, apparently, though he wasn't so sure about that. Nevertheless he didn't know enough to dispute that. It was theoretically possible that he had been spirited away to another country or something, but the effort to do so would be quite ridiculous for someone of little worth. There was a chance that this was perhaps a sophisticated simulation. It seemed like something he would be interested in. The drawback to this theory was that he knew modern tech wasn't that advanced. It still wasn't out of question, if he assumed that his whole life till now was a simulation it would fit, but that rabbit hole never ended. Therefore he had no choice but to believe the goddess's words. That being the case, there was something he was worried about. Alphonse kept walking though the forest, completely absorbed in his thoughts. The goddess had mentioned there was a pantheon of gods, and that there was a hierarchy. There was someone above her, who had seemingly commanded her to talk to the summoned people, which the boy supposed would make her something like a middle manager. What worried him was the motivation of those at the top. He had been summoned, along with around a dozen individuals, to save this world on the whims of people they did not know and whom they had never met. But that didn't worry him much, he worried instead about the gods. The boy had felt the white-haired goddess's power, he could still feel it while he walked. It was not overwhelming like he first thought it would be, but it was a power beyond humanity. Supposing the goddess had told the truth about their pantheon, why could they not come down to this land and deal with the issue themselves? What worried him the most was the fact that the goddess had only mentioned one superior, yet had also mentioned a pantheon. Where were the other superior gods and what were they doing? Had they considered the foreigners, the supposed hope of this land, beneath their notice? or did they have other motives? There were many factors that made the boy wonder for his safety. All of a sudden Alphonse tripped over an exposed tree root, falling face first onto the forest floor. He picked himself up off the floor and looked around [color=green]"Hm..."[/color] He had no idea where he was. That was the danger of being absorbed in thoughts, he supposed. He looked around, trying to get his bearings and noticed a large pillar of light lancing into the sky. He tilted his head. [color=green]"That wasn't there before."[/color] He muttered to himself. He shrugged and brushed himself off before making his way towards the light. It wasn't too far away, and he didn't have anything better to do. Stowing his thoughts away for a moment the boy focused solely on navigating the forest. Hopefully the light would lead to more answers.