As their group rushed into the woods, Drachon proposed a race from the treetops. Farish smiled slightly at the idea, but did not alter his pace. The others were already faster than he and he'd used up a fair amount of his stamina already. He didn't want to risk Chizu recharging him before they were someplace safe; the sudden burst of aura before he suppressed it would easily alert any nearby demons to their presence. No, it'd be better just to recover with a good night's sleep later on, so he wasn't going to push himself into a race now and throw away the rest of his energy.<br/><br/>A sudden comment from Chizu made him slow down.<span style="color: #00FFFF"><span style="font-style: italic">"Hentai. Anithuropu ga kono mori ni omoidasemasen. ((That's strange. I don't remember there being any Anithropes in this forest.))"</span></span><br/><br/>"Anithropes?" Farish asked, slowing to a stop several yards before the clearing. "I thought this was a goblin forest."<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">[i]<span style="color: #00FFFF">"Asoko ni, ((Over there,))"</span></span>[/i] the Sprite said, pointing a paw toward the clearing ahead. Farish turned to look and saw that there were indeed Anithropes in the clearing.<br/><br/>He blinked in surprise, muttering in the closest appropriation his throat could make to Sprite Speak.<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #00FFFF">"SÅdesu... ((So there are...))"</span></span><br/><br/>After taking a moment to recover from his surprise, Farish started forward again, stepping calmly into the clearing to stand beside Drachon.<span style="font-style: italic">"I think you take second,"</span>the boy said to him in Elvish, nodding his head toward the fox Anithrope standing feet away.<br/><br/>"Pardon us," he said to the two Anithropes now in the clearing with them. "We're just passing through. The town is having a slight issue with demons right now and they're probably following us. You may want to make some distance as well," He smiled in a sheepishly polite way, hoping they had neither done these people some great disrespect by violating some custom nor put them in danger by potentially leading demons to this place. For now, it was unclear whether they'd found home in this land or were just passing through as they themselves were. Better to be polite.