Illion began to second guess himself. Was it bad that he admitted he was lost? He truly was. Yes, it would be nice if he did know the forest in it’s entirety but it’s reach was all but eternal. Illion grew more and more brave every time he ventured away from the confines of his village, taking a step farther each time. When he was supervised he stayed within a fair distance from home, but on his own...Well this wasn’t the first time he got lost.
“Well I just..Have never been this far before.” He shrugged and threw a little grin. “I think I can take care of myself anyway.” If she really was a threat to him, which she didn’t seem to be, he only need get away for a mere second and she could be writhing in pain, he’d never actually used that sort of magic before but it couldn’t be that hard. 
He turned his head the same direction Nikita pointed in without really looking. He wasn’t worried about finding his way back. 
When he looked back she was admitting the fear humans held against the elves. Dead. Even if she was a human and even if she did pose a threat to him he couldn’t see himself killing her. Although there probably other elves who would. 
“Well to be honest they told me to be more scared of you than I am. I don’t really know what kind of bad thing is supposed to happen but well it’s not happening now.” So far anyway. If another elf came along looking for him Nikita would be in so much more trouble, the others would not be so forgiving.
When the little drop of rain his his head he began to turn away, the threatening weather and cloak of the coming night begged him to return home. He would probably still be late, but he had been before and probably would be again.
“Well Nikita, I gotta say you’re much less scary than I expected, but please don’t tell anyone we met. I’ll keep it a secret too.” The last thing he wanted was a clash between elves and humans. 
He’d been lead to understand that if a human happened upon his village complete chaos would ensue, he’d only been warned a thousand times that humans were vial, barbaric beings. The way of the elves would be lost, they could be killed, or worse. He’d understood that before. This meeting threw him through a loop, this human didn’t seem all that bad, was she hiding something?
“I’m probably going to regret this but it was nice meeting you. We should probably both go home.” Wherever that was. 
Then he did something everyone advised against and turned his back to her. The woods would be near black soon, what little was left of the day struggled to make it through the canopy above. Illion wasn’t worried, he could see fine in much more darkness. 
He ought to hurry, they’d be looking for him, his mother must be beside herself with worry. ‘But maybe…” He said turning his head back to Nikita, “we could run into each other here again?” Curiosity had never struck him so hard before. He faced an entirely new world and it was exciting.