Hotaru was still in her thoughts when Larel came over and sat down next to her. She shrugged a bit when he asked her if there was something she wanted to do, "I wouldn't mind learning a new game," she murmured, nodding, "Or rather relearning an old one. My father taught me Go when I was younger but I haven't played since before they were killed," she took a deep breath, "I don't remember the rules at all," she added before hearing the conversation between Alari and Kaori. She shook her head a bit at the fact Alari couldn't beat Kaori's logic, but Mary just smiled softly, giving a small laugh, not admitting to whether she was possibly older than him or not, especially since she didn't know how old he was. 
After a few more minutes, Mera came back, dusting off her cloak, a vine moving behind her, dragging Raina back and dumping her next to Eryn, passed out, looking in rather bad condition. 
"You could have gone a little easy on her Eryn said, pulling a handkerchief and starting to clean her up so he could locate all of her wounds.
"Nonsense," Mera sat back down behind Mary, wrapping a piece of fabric around her knuckles before taking her tea back, "She would have realized and been even more insulted by that than the fact that she lost," she said before taking a sip of it.
"We don't heal, so I have to clean it up," Eryn huffed before a little bush popped up next to him.
"Put those leaves on her wounds before you bandage them up. They'll heal faster," she said simply and Mary gave him an apologetic smile since Mera really wasn't going to apologize for putting Raina in her place. He sighed heavily before getting out his bandages and started to patch his sister up. She looked towards Larel and Hotaru, "Have the two of you decided on what we're going to do?" 
"Wait, you were listening to our conversation while you were fighting?" Hotaru looked around and spotted the small fly trap near them.
"Not completely, I stopped when you started talking about when your father taught you the game," Mera said simply, "But regardless, the sun will start down again soon enough, so we can start forwards again when it's down enough that we'll be traveling most in the shadow of the trees. I don't sense anyone coming after us, so they must have decided to go a different route and we can travel a little more easily," she said.
"I don't think I know how to go at a different rate other than running," Hotaru blinked before looking at Larel, "But we should probably go faster anyways so you can spend less time here," she said.
"We've got to find someway to help you with that problem," Mera murmured, giving a slight shake of her head before sipping at her tea again.
"Just as soon as you get over your intimacy issues, right?" Eryn grumbled, a little irritated at his job.
Mera gave him an annoyed look and Mary bit her lip, not wanting Mera to get mad at her for laughing at it.