The change in their surroundings reminded him of how much had come along with their journey to this side, and he smiled silently at the thought of the people now living here. He was grateful that it had turned out as well as it had, but the change did bring out the fact this was a long way from where he had used to roam, and that he knew very little of the surroundings. Then Anju's words brought forth a reasonable warning about the local flora and the fact he couldn't exactly rely on what little he knew about edible berries and such to be the same here as back where they'd come from. The offer of a whistle was met with a curious look up at her as he held the whistle in his palm, and her explanation saw him smile and nod gratefully, holding it in one hand and the staff in the other.<br/><br/><strong>"Thank you. I don't expect to run into any trouble but its good to have a plan just in case."</strong>He bowed his head slightly to her and smiled encouragingly to Lunari as well, then taking a look at the direction that Anju had told him to, taking a breath and giving a wave with his hand towards the two before setting off to find the clearing that she had told him about. The idea of entering the woods with just a wooden staff in hand and a whistle in the other was not something he would have foreseen himself doing just a few weeks prior, but he would admit that his life had been very interesting lately and definitely far from what he might have found by roaming among the human towns and villages.<br/><br/>Walking along till he came to find the clearing, Nirael took a moment to enjoy the surroundings and appreciate the nature. His fingers caressing along Lirialla's length, smiling to the figure of a woman in the staff itself, he took a short breath before sitting down and slipping his feet into a lotus position. He had never really been that good at divination and scrying attempts, that kind of magic was something he'd have to practice in later times. Yet the pose was relaxed and good for meditating and otherwise relaxing, and once you got used to it there was no real discomfort in adopting the pose, at least by his legs. Laying the staff to rest atop his thighs, he held the whistle in one hand while another brushed the figurine in the staff's surface, closing his eyes and focusing his mind on the surroundings, and the staff itself, trying to just quiet down his own thoughts and see if he could<em>listen</em>and<em>understand</em>a little better here.<br/><br/>He had not followed the guiding gesture towards the woods before because of his own reasons, but he had also not wanted to leave the call awaiting for too long a period of time, and he felt given the kobold girl's situation as well it would be best to get a chance to 'speak' with Lirialla proper if this was what he had been sensing when he first grasped the staff over on this side.