Vinsue was quick to follow. she quickly found a place she liked than opened her jar of food. She left her staff on the ground and hanged her bag on the limb near her head. slowly she ate as she watched the forest get darker. She would sleep soon after. 

As the sun set, Ernest watched the forest, listening for animals and birds that didn't come out during the day. She heard only a few new sounds, and was confident nothing would go wrong. She slowly pulled her record orb from her bag and put it where Vinsue couldn't see it. Quietly, she told it about the last two days, what had happened, everything she'd found, and where they were going. Careful to keep the orb hidden, she tucked it back in her bag.

The sun had set fully, so Ernest tucked her head against the trunk of the tree and slowly fell asleep.

To say Vinsue had nice dreams would be a lie. She had night mares. Ones like she had not had in years. Ones she will never tail and fully hoped to forget. She awoke with a scream half an hour before the sun rises. In a split second, she almost fell out of the tree trying to get away from her dream before reality struck that she was safely away from harm. She sat there shaking for a few seconds as the dream fully faded. 

Ernest awoke with a start upon hearing Vinsue scream. She flattened herself out on the branch instinctively and peered down through the branches to where Vinsue was. Nothing seemed to be urgently wrong - Vinsue was still there, and nothing seemed to be attacking, so Ernest sat up and swung off the branch, landing on one closer to Vinsue. 

She looked around again for anything that might be a threat, but she still saw nothing. "Are you alright?" she asked Vinsue. "What happened?"

She looked at Ernest half way wanting to tell but did not say much. "I am ok. Just bad dreams, Sorry it woke you"  she said As She looked away. it was one thing to have nightmares it was a different thing to wake others up. She was not going to get any sleep and she doubted that the woman would after that. she took her stuff and put it all back on before scanning the area.

she slowly climbed down the tree and waited. she just hoped that there was to be no more trouble tell she got to town.  

"It's not a big deal," said Ernest, shrugging. She waited a second as Vinsue climbed down the tree, then followed, landing lightly behind her. 

They set off again, Ernest slightly uncomfortable with the darkness that seemed to be all around them. She listened carefully to the woods as they walked, but she heard nothing out of the ordinary. That comforted her slightly.

The sun began to rise over the mountains, lighting up the forest and easing Ernest's worries. At last she turned to her travel companion. "So, I never asked, what exactly do you do? You know, most of the time."

"That is a good question. Most of my time was spent racking havoc on the pirates as I freed many a slave. The rest of the time I explore the world. usually looking for something that had decided to call out to me. Things from beautiful jewels to the hexed neckless. each with their own dangers and most are worth it. some, on the other hand, is not," she said. She was more on edge than usual but it seemed that the dream had raddled her more than a dream should have. kinda like a friend sticking a sword clean through ya and you wake up and they're there.

"What do you do for a living."

"I'm an explorer, too," said Ernest. "I want to see everywhere in the world and discover everything there is to know. I might be crazy, but who really cares?" Ernest wasn't always this optimistic, but the topic made her happy. "I want to be known as the person who would go anywhere, no matter how dangerous, in her quest for knowledge." The expression on her face was almost dreamy.

She shrugged. "I'm probably going to die out in the wilderness, but I personally think it's worth it. The wilderness is way more amazing than anything else." She paused, and walked in silence for a minute, pausing to pull a mushroom off one of the trees. 

"So, what is the most amazing thing you've discovered in your travels?" she asked.

"That is the life. but eat that and you will likely die. I mean I may not be an expert on plants but brightly colored museums usually end in hallucinations and death." She said before answering the question. Actually, she had to think about the question for a few minutes. 200 years of roaming around to think about. "My greatest discovery was about a year ago. I met a man that needed an escort across the desert and decided to go to horse Island. There I found the tomb of an ancient dragon in in it a golden egg with its memories." She said now a lot more relaxed and getting over her dream. 

The dust like show of the dragons memory now played in her head. a daze almost for a few steps. "That was a grand yet seriously dangerous adventure. I wonder what that guy is up to nowadays?  Your young but I'm sure you have a favorite adventure and discuvery."