[color=000000]'Why aren't you walking?'[/color]
Ember shrugged her shoulders, her right one aching sharply in the motion. 
[color=000000]'Walk. Leave the village.'[/color]
[color=ababab]“I just got here.”[/color]
[color=000000]'Its time to leave.'[/color]
[color=ababab]“Why?”[/color]
[color=000000]'It's not safe.'[/color]
Ember shrugged again and sat down on the edge of the road. It was quiet. Almost eerily so. Ember exhaled nervously and shifted her yellow eyes along the road leading out of Azure Strand. She was alone. Sitting along in the dirt and eaves on the edge of the route, Ember was the only person she could see for a lone while. Yet there were no sounds. No animals. No birds. 

[color=ababab]“Its not safe out here, either.”[/color] She stated, her voice hushed as her pointed ears strained. 
Glowy exhaled impatiently. [color=000000]'Rest a bit. Then keep going.'[/color]
Gritting her teeth, Ember looked down to road again, then back the way she'd come. Azure Strand wasn't far. She'd only walked a half an hour before arriving to this spot. Beneath the bendy tree she usually sat beneath on her way in or out of the village. 

Glowy had been pestering her to leave the village the moment she stepped into it only five days ago. Usually Ember didn't mind. She knew too well that Glowy hated being around people. It was easier to cope with her friend in the wilds where they were isolated. Here, beneath the bendy tree, Ember could no longer hear the dull voices of the town. It was her last leg of peace before she would nervously wander the road north west to Ruby Banks.

[color=000000]'Now?'[/color]

Well, as peaceful as it could ever get. [color=ababab]“No.”[/color]

Ignoring the aura of irritability, Ember leaned back and pressed herself against the tree, adjusting herself so her bow wasn't jabbing into her back. It was a nice day. Ember could appreciate that, enough. It would hopefully keep up and she'd be able to sleep outside without freezing tonight. Or roasting. There've been a few nights lately where Ember only sweat all night, flinging aside her cloak and lifting her tunic to air out her skin. 

[color=ababab]“I bet the snow is nice.”[/color]
[color=000000]'Don't be daft.'[/color]

Ember sighed, hearing the nothing in the air before she groaned and rose to her feet again. [color=ababab]“Yes, yes, we're going.”[/color] The half-breed muttered before Glowy could predictably ask. After adjusting her bow and her quiver on her back, and shrugging her shoulders again to let her backpack sit comfortably, Ember was off. Again, her shoulder ached, though Ember couldn't figure out why. Perhaps she'd slept on it wrong. 

[color=000000]'You're growing weak.'[/color] Glowy chided. 
Ember sighed. [color=ababab]”You're probably right.”[/color] Glowy swelled with cocky pride. [color=ababab]”I should join back with the squires. Learn to [i]contribute[/i] to society some more.”[/color] Glowy's pride melted into disdain. Ember smiled and quickened her step.