Illyana tensed slightly but quickly recovered. "My family was on the run from a vandal army. Going back to find them could lead us straight into danger. I'm sure they continued on when they could not find me - they have small children with them and they know I am able to fend for myself. The children, however, can not. They must do what is best for them and I must honor that as well as look out for my own life. Running back into the site of an ambush is pure foolery."<br/>Feeling she could trust Unferth - or could at least defend herself against him, were he to try anything - she slung her bow back over her shoulder and quickly scaled one of the larger trees of their surroundings. Looking out across what she could see of the forest, she caught a glimpse of the river in the far distance as the trees' top branches swayed in the breeze.<br/>She gracefully slid back down the tree and turned back to Unferth.<br/>"Alright, let's try to make it at least half way to the river before night falls. I don't want any stragglers from the purging armies around us strolling through and catching us. The farther we go, the safer we are. From the armies, at least."