Needless to say, Dark did not understand the protocol of opening portals. She had always assumed one could be made out of thin air as long as the maker was skilled enough. Nodding along, as Lilu contemplated aloud, she did not like the idea of leaving Lilu behind.<span style="font-style: italic">What if we only have the one chance? What if we get attacked? What if we all end up in separate worlds?</span>Her mind buzzed with questions that he was too afraid to ask. Dark joined with Lilu's nervous laugh and bit his lower lip.<br/>Deciding to stay close to camp, Dark lightly foraged in the immediate area for usable plants. Worries still plagued her mind to the extent that her hands began to tremble. Trying not to draw attention to herself, she knelt down to the ground - giving the impression that she was inspecting the plants closely - steadied her breath and clasped her hands together.<span style="font-style: italic">I want to scream. I haven't screamed in so long. I just need to get it out.</span>The urge gurgled in his throat but he managed to hold it in. Screaming would attract unwanted guests and no one had the energy for another battle that day. Drawing in a deep breath, she rose, clutching dandelion leaves as some feeble addition to the rabbits.<br/>She placed the limp weeds beside Ryo - who decided to throw them away while Dark wasn't looking - and went to sit beside the fire. Dark tucked his limps close and rested his chin on his knees.<br/><br/>"Thanks for the fire," Ryo admired as he joined the rest of the party. He politely held his tongue when Scyler admitted that he did not know how to start an open fire. Survival in the wilderness had become his life, and could not comprehend living without such basic skills. However he knew better than to argue and was glad for Lilu's arrival.<br/>With the rabbits skinned and butchered, he set them to cook on a stone that had already warmed by the fire. "Don't worry about it," he said, wiping the animal blood from his hands onto the legs of his trousers. "We all get days like that." Ryo smiled sweetly at the incubus and lowered his gaze to Dark; he was glad that both were able to sort through their issues without violence. He rested an 'arm' on Dark's shoulder and squeeze her upper arm. He could feel that there was something about her that was off but her silence illustrated that she wasn't ready to talk.<br/>"So..." He rubbed his stained hands together. "How shall we plan our next move?" He had been asleep during Lilu's meditation findings and had not had the chance to speak to him until now.