<span style="font-weight: bold"><div style="text-align: center;">Travis</div></span><br/><br/>It was only a matter of time before the boy’s acute tracking abilities led them straight to the wandering group that Travis had been with earlier. They had exited the forest (for good reason) and were skirting around it. “That them?” asked the boy – Matt, as he called himself. Travis nodded in response. It had been a hectic awakening, but he hadn’t forgotten what they looked like just yet.<br/><br/>“There's quite a few of them,” noted the woman – Celine. She waved her hand, causing the strange crystals of energy circling her to disappear. The only reason the three of them had remained safe was because those crystals had denied the branches’ access to them. Travis wasn’t sure how she was doing it, but she was clearly the source of the power. She watched the group from afar for a moment before speaking. “They’re all Lucids. I can feel their life-force.”<br/><br/>“Lucids? Life-force?” Travis was confused.<br/><br/>“Later,” she said. “Right now, we should get out of here.”<br/><br/>“Yeah, no kidding,” said Matt, watching the rumbling volcano nervously.<br/><br/>The three of them picked up their pace, approaching the group. “Hey!” called Travis, successfully capturing their attention. They stopped their advance and turned around to face him.<br/><br/>Celine stepped forwards as well. “Explanations later,” she said bluntly. “I’m here to take you somewhere safe. Follow me if you want to stay alive.” A new array of crystallized energy formed in the air around her, and Celine started back through the forest. Her crystals were already cutting a wide path through the dead trees.<br/><br/>Travis looked back and forth between her and the group. “I think we should follow her,” he shrugged.