Larea continued to relax as the conversation continued and she listened with interest. Before long she had all but forgotten that the new person standing in front of them had just transformed from a wolf, and she began to treat it like just another conversation on another ordinary day.<br/>When Zel spoke of going to the forest, Larea panicked for a moment. He specifically said "I'll leave in the morning," which made her fear that her cozy new family was going to split up so soon. She considered interjecting, but her own fear wasn't as important as Zel's research in her eyes, and she awkwardly fiddled with her hands and stared at the ground instead. She was relieved when soon after, he mentioned that they could go with him if they liked. She cupped her hands in front of her and smiled widely, nodding her head in response. At the time it didn't occur to her that the others might choose not to go, or she would have waited to see their decisions, but after seeing the other stone tablets with Zel, she herself had an interest in them as well, and she would likely go with him whether Sigrun and Ahmaht followed or not.