Darin managed to keep up with the switches in languages, but only just barely. It was probably because they were already so closely related. Darin wasn’t sure she would be able to keep up if that happened all the time; especially if Ridahne continued to talk as fast as she was currently. Then again, she had never seen the Elf look so excited or happy. Darin supposed that was a good thing. Still it was a little unsettling to see. Darin mentally chided herself for that thought. Ridahne was allowed to be excited for things even if it was for something relatively small. Darin just found so little to be exciting right now.

She continued in the same language, “We can speak solely in Azurein, but you are going to have to speak slower than you are now. I can barely keep up right now. The Tree gave me the knowledge, but not the practice. Hopefully I will get better with practice.” She switched to the dialect she spoke at home, “If not I’m in trouble.”

Okay. That was kind of nice to hear. Maybe that was why Ridahne had gotten so excited when she had started to speak Azurien. It was like a little piece of home. Darin missed home. She gave her head a shake. Enough of that. The homesickness was getting out of hand. If she didn’t get her mental state under control the whole thing could be put at risk. She couldn’t spend her entire time missing home. She didn’t need to spend her time worrying about the past. She needed to focus on the future, everything that was at stake. There were more important things than her homesickness. That was for sure.

Darin look towards the horizon to see if she could figure out where they were headed. She wasn’t sure why she cared. It wasn’t like she would be able to tell where they were. They had been traveling on The Farm towards the other end from where they had entered. It seemed like that there was more forest on the other side. Darin was kind of bored with forests and woods. She had seen all of Astral after a fashion. She wanted to see deserts and oceans with her own eyes. She has seen mountains before. There were a few near her home. She wanted to see the rest of the continent. She was almost eager to see cities and palaces. She already knew she would stick out like a sore thumb. She didn’t care.

Darin asked, “How far do you think we’ll get tonight? How long until we reach Elven lands? The Eluri right? What are their lands like? Do you know? Did you travel though them to get to where you found me? Or did you take a different route? What is Astra like? I want to know it all.” Her brow furrowed, “I suppose that is why I’m traveling Astra. I need to know the country. I need to learn the people. They are who I’m fighting for. As dramatic as that sounds it’s true.”