Scyler smiled as he too took in the forest around them. Birds were chirping quietly, and the branches of the trees swayed slightly with the breeze. With his kukhris having been previously put away, he drew one again and began twirling it in his fingers on the way back. Once they reached camp, he cleared a small area of all debris, leaving just a circle of cleared dirt. He grinned sheepishly after clearing the spot. "I don't actually know how to start a fire in the wild. Lilu always just uses a fire rune to start one up," he admitted, scratching at the back of his neck. He looked relieved as he heard a crackling from the woods followed by Dark. He looked alarmed for a moment until Lilu quickly followed him, glad to see his partner smiling. He opened his arms in invitation for a hug, which Lilu quickly provided, giving him a reassuring smile that he was okay.<br/><br/>Lilu blushed darkly at Dark's unexpected question, looking anywhere but at the other person. "Uh, I'll, be, uh, good for a while. I don't have to feed often, just once every week or two. Though maybe I should, it would help build my strength back up. I'll need it for opening a portal of that caliber," he murmered, not entirely sure he could actually pull it off in his current state. "We still need to get or find enough vis in a single place to open the portal, or at the minimum, find somewhere where The Veil between here and The Aura is thin. It takes a lot to tear that open, and even more to safely get one person through, let alone 4. I might have to stay behind and come a day or two after you guys, I'm not sure I can get all of us through at the same time. A hole torn though the fabric of space is a fickle thing," he explained with a nervous laugh. "I'll get to work on it after we eat though," he assured Dark.<br/>After they emerged from the woods into their camp and gave Scyler a hug as a way of saying he was okay, he traced a rune into the space Scyler had cleared out. With a trigger word, the rune roared to life, a sizable campfire flaring up. He looked over at Ryo and Scyler, a little embarrassment showing on his features. "Sorry about earlier, I had a bit of an... episode..." he explained, primarily to Ryo. Scyler had already known what had happened, as it wasn't the first time.