Valla smiled and stroked Bastion's head with a fingertip. "He wouldn't tell," she said in a gentle voice. The bird ignored her, with perhaps the slightest hint of indignation in his black eyes that anyone might doubt his loyalty.<br/><br/>"Maybe you can take me to your waterfall some day, it sounds pretty," Valla said.<br/><br/>As they paused in the clearing, Valla looked around, for what good it would do considering she didn't know her way through the wilderness. "You do know where you're going, right?"<br/>