Kiriei gave a sigh of relief.<span style="font-style: italic">He made it.</span>She tilted her wings so she could simply glide into place beside him. For once it seemed like they might be able to make some progress. As they got closer to the forest, Kiriei could see a small tendril of smoke rising out of the trees. Where there was smoke, there was fire, and that lead to either civilization, food, or both. Part of her wanted to glide right over there without a second thought, but another part of her worried for the presence of humans. In what felt like a brief moment to her (night travel was her favorite kind), they were over the trees. Kiriei chose this moment to point the smoke out to Jerrar.<br/><br/><span style="color: #00BFFF">"See that smoke over there?"</span>she asked, pointing at the thin tendril of rising gray ash,<span style="color: #00BFFF">"Do you think we should get closer or steer clear?"</span>