Stanton
"Whatever i manage to convince you to buy huh?" *A very mischievous grin splits wide upon his face before changing the subject* "Soo where to first?" *He asks now with a little pep in his step as he walks alongside the elf.*
Janet
"First stop is Zatrqak."*He'd say to him.*"With any hope we should be able to get to it by day's end since it rests just at the border of Siuian and Ombu."*The Elf would walk in silence, idly watching Xylon bouncing along the pathway with more energy than before. Whatever gets him walking faster, Terrel supposed. A thought would come to his mind, albeit temporarily before he'd eventually ask:*"Do you know how to read a map, kid?"*Perhaps there was something they can do to keep them busy for a while until they managed to get to town. Map reading would be useful all the way up until they get to the Steppes, after that, however, it was going to be a long time of walking beyond the map.*
Stanton
"Uh do they involve more pictures rather than words?" *He smiled sheepishly cringing at his sudden awkwardness, to be honest he didn't knew this was coming, he hasn't exactly used a map more so relying on making small markings around places so he'd know his way around, but hopefully he'd have a way of remembering these places... And a way to mark them without having to read.*
Janet
*He'd let out a half chuckle. This person didn't know how to read did he? At least, that's what Terrel was beginning to assume. The Elf would reach into the folds of his cloak, pulling out a scroll that he had borrowed from the library he stopped by in Mentia.*"It has a little bit of both, I guess would be fair to say."*He'd answer, opening up the scroll to reveal the map of Ramul Ta. With the map open, he had to walk much slower so as not to run into anything, though it wasn't so hard to with the forest opening up much more. Looks like they'll be camping out in the open plains tonight with the city being miles away from the forests. He'd point to the different markings of trees and mountain ranges on it, saying.*"There's some landscapes you can probably read easily. We're currently in Ombu's forests."*He'd run a finger towards the clump of trees sitting at the edge of the region's border before tracing his finger down diagonally.*"Just past Siuian's border. We'll probably reach the country today, but the city will be a much further trek."
Stanton
*He listened to the explanation as he watched the map, this was semi great- he has acquired some knowledge on how to read the map and he grabs the map from Terrel's hand looking through it trying to memorize it all.*

*It's a slow process but hey at least it's something!* "I didn't expect alot of walking, you think i can hitch a ride on your back? You know so my legs don't get tired Pigman" *He mused, he has a ticket out of here and by god he was happy about it so why not lighten the mood, he did the best he could to not crumple the map as he rolled it and put it in his sack for safe keeping, the pep in his step not wavering.*
Janet
"You want to... Hitch a ride... On my back?"*The Elf would say back to him, slowing his words just to reiterate how ridiculous it sounded as Xylon would pocket his map away. This guy really was a kid wasn't he? Well hopefully he won't end up losing or ruining the map in the process. Knowing basic directions only gets one so far without memorizing the name of each city they walked through. Now that the map was out of his hands, he could continue walking onward as his normal pace despite the Raccoon speaking of his legs getting tired.*"How did you manage to survive a day out here?"
Stanton
"What's with the question Terrel? Can't i get one piggyback ride while my legs recover from all the walking we'll be doing?, are you gonna ruin this dream of mine this quickly Mr. Pigman?" *He says putting on a sad expression with a few crocodile tears as he cackled on the inside.*

"How i managed to survive is another story for another day, unless your gonna make fun of my lack of fighting skills again which would be so cruel of you!" *He fakes a cry, hands on clutching his shirt over dramatically as they walked.*
Janet
"Xylon, we haven't even been walking for five minutes."*He'd say with a hint of sarcasm.*"You're in for the long haul if you can't even make it out of the forest."*The Elf would gesture towards the edge of the woods, soon finding himself being met by tears. Terrel's eyes would narrow, more so in the way that he wasn't putting up with this.*"You never grew out of those toddler years have you?"*The Elf would ask him, finally coming to a stop so that he could face him fully.*"Trust me, there's a lot crueler things I can do besides reminding you of something factual."
Stanton
*Tears disappeared in an instant at the comment* "Hey i grew out of it just fine! Besides i didn't mean right here right now I'm not looking for a piggyback ride when i can still walk" *He keeps walking until he stopped in his track as Terrel came to a full stop and faced him as he spoke* "Oh i know you can do crueler things i mean you already give off an aura of 'fuck off or die', i was just messing around" *Xylon replied walking past him and skipping along, guess he'll just use his crocodile eyes later or maybe some pleading eyes when he eventually finds a market selling something that caught his eyes.*
Janet
"Right..."*He'd say dubiously before continuing on his progression.*"At any rate if you somehow manage to pass out from walking, I'll just put you and the map in my bag. Makes it much more convenient."*He'd say casually. As he exited the line of trees, the Elf was met by a windy moor. At the very least the air was some relief from the beaming sun, so Terrel decided to relish it at much as he can while he continued onwards.*"Or I may just not notice you've stopped walking completely and that'll be a whole different problem. You understand the different directions, right?"
Stanton
"Uh yeah definitely" *Being in the forest for a while has gave em an idea of what different directions are, he looks towards the sky as they walked trying to find some things to do while walking that's not completely boring he'll probably have to overlook the map later when they stop walking.* 

"Me in a bag?" *He snorted at the prospect* "Isn't that gonna make me suffocate in there or something??" *He chuckled more though the thought doesn't seem dreadful.*
Janet
"So you can tell me which way South East is then?"*He'd ask him.*"You're the map holder now, so seems like you're going to be telling me which way we're heading then, right?"*He'd ask him. Of course Terrel already knew where they were going, though he found amusement in messing with him in the couple months they had to get there. Being asked if he'd suffocate in the bag, the Elf would respond.*"Only if I close it."*He'd say with a hint of mischief.*"But that would *Never* Happen~"*There was something funny about leaving the Raccoon on edge, especially after his disaster of a travel companions he's had histories of. At least Xylon managed to make it entertaining even with his constant back talk.*
Stanton
"So *You* Are gonna kill me on the way you are a very sly pig you know that?" *He chuckled before answering the other elf's question on direction* "Why would you ask me for directions when you know the way already? I'm technically the map reader but you had time to process and memorize the way before i came here so it gave you plenty of time to memorize the route" *He was never gonna get bored of talking now not that he hasn't been bored of that before but it gotten repetitive talking to himself and talking back was very fun, this will probably be a shitshow but he's gonna at least make it entertaining maybe for others but for himself as they continued.*
Janet
"Because you decided to keep the map."*He'd say in response.*"The map holder is naturally the navigator. Besides if you get lost, I doubt me leaving bread crumbs for you follow is going to make you any better at figuring out the names of the places we're going. There are three locations on there you have to remember: Zatrqak, Zmara, and Chu. As long as we end up in those three places at some point, preferably in that order, then we're practically going in the right direction. Best to learn how to read a map now, it might save your life later or be the death of you. Never know what you'll find once you leave home. Besides, I'm going to get full use of this map one way or another before it becomes useless to us."
Stanton
"I kept the map to look over and mark later on when we eventually stop somewhere to sleep" *He says not skipping much now, so now he had 3 destination to get through Zatrqak, Zmara, and Chu and boy did he look forward to marking those on the map for memory sake, as long as he kept that same pattern they'll be golden.*
Janet
*Terrel decided to ignore the fact that Xylon was about to write all over his map, part of him just hoping it'll still be readable whenever he was finished. At least where they were going, they won't need a map, but it would suck to make it to the next town without being able to re-route with the map being drawn over.*"Remind me in the next town over to buy you pencils and paper so that you can have something more proper to make your kid drawings on..."*He'd jab.*"We'll be walking for a while, so I'll have to make do with supplies we find for camping out here. I'd pick up my horse, but bringing him on the trip probably won't end well for him."
Stanton
"You think i can color the landmarks? *He asks ignoring the kid drawing jab, he won't be making too much of a trouble for Terrel to read through he did say he'd get paper so he'll probably have to write down some of the places and he won't have to worry about people going through his writing because it'll be all unreadable.* "Wait you have a horse-"
Janet
"Sure, why not."*He'd say, allowing the Elf to add color to the drawings. What's a map without color anyways? Well, a regular map for one probably. Being asked about him having a horse, he'd say:*"Of course, who would want to do all this walking from country to country?"*It was clearly a tease from Xylon's earlier complaints, making him a hypocrite for saying such, but the Elf cared little of it. If he didn't want walk, he won't walk. He has money and a horse to do such for him if he didn't want to go through the effort.*