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With Ashewell's cooperation settled for the moment, Lin nodded and, deciding that leaving the two children to be looked over by the relatively friendly drider was a good enough decision for the moment. If the worst that she did to the two was hug them, then that was acceptable; putting that aside, though, having someone else who could manage the heavy lifting alongside him would most certainly prove useful.

Vladlena's summary of the situation was also far more succinct than his, though a fair bit more blunt in phrasing. He couldn't deny, though, that this 'second chance' was something to make full use of. Whether or not that would mean that his new life would be more hellish, though, remained to be seen. With that said, though, the doll had a point; talking about such things would be much more efficient if they were searching for shelter and supplies in the interim.

Before the group could proceed too far into the forest, though, the sound of a rapidly approaching scream from the sky caused Lin to involuntarily glance upwards. Given how the rest of them had reached their destination now, that sound was most certainly an ill omen.

To some degree, he was right; given the rapidly approaching object falling towards them, there was no sense in letting the children witness a death by falling, and so Lin quickly shifted back into his dragon form and moved to catch whatever it was that was fast approaching the earth.

Of course, given that he didn't quite understand how to 'fly' yet (though the mechanics behind it were made clear in his mind), the best that he could do was use his antlers to break the fall and attempt to catch what was now apparently a green humanoid of some sort (a goblin?).

"Mmm... I certainly hope that nothing larger than you attempts to fall onto us," Lin remarked, barely failing to actually catch the creature before sighing changing back into his human form. "It seems like I remain the only one with the capability to catch someone without injury among this group..."

With that settled, Lin nodded and turned back towards Vladlena.

"We can begin exploring whenever; introductions can be handled as we search."

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