OOG: Sorry about the unannounced absence. Had a case of offline life.<br/><br/>IG: Cherine doesn't meet anyone else on her way out of the village (probably much to her relief); while her instincts are protesting being denied quite vigorously, she has herself in hand enough to be able to ignore them and be on her way. As she travels, she again hears the voices of the plants, although if she isn't concentrating on it, that is mostly a background noise n her ears.