[center][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/190522/5ec07975271d6ef3e7be9e67e7144f35.png[/img][/center][right][hr][b][color=ffe4b5]Tarashima Forest[/color][/b][hr][/right]It was no small relief to hear Ipharia's explanation for his trouble with the spell. Magic was still too new of a concept, too fleeting and mysterious in his mind. Despite knowing almost nothing about his new power he felt it would vanish and leave him defenseless at any moment. [b][color=FFE4B5]"Attunement?"[/color][/b] he asked, eyes widening. 

They continued their journey and their conversations, with an increased cohesion. Kaito couldn't recall when it had happened, but at some point their conversations had lengthened and lost their initial sense of distrust with each other and their surroundings. Even Honami had calmed down. He hesitated to call this feeling friendship, however. It felt more like an alliance, something born out of a mutual need for survival. 

[b][color=FFE4B5]"I don't know much about the stories you mention,"[/color][/b] he told Honami. [color=FFE4B5][i]Except that anything could happen in them, apparently.[/i][/color] [b][color=FFE4B5]"But we should decide how to present ourselves to this settlement. We can't be entirely hidden since we need information yet we can't cause a scene. The most obvious thing though, is that we need to come up with our own story, some sort of explanation of who we are and what we're doing."[/color][/b] He cast a cautious glance at Ipharia, worried of offending her. [b][color=FFE4B5]"Something like being your colleagues, maybe?"[/color][/b]