Handy led them through the foul valley, over shallow crags, open vents in the Earth and small dead rivers of standing water. He seemed unusually sure of his sense of direction and Whirlwind commented that it was a change of pace from the last time the two of them were lost in a mist shrouded wilderness, to which Handy replied that it was not his fault he was the wrong race to not be messed around with by a magical forest. Spike opted not to ask. Eventually they emerged from the fog, revealing what Handy had been talking about.