As much as the woman was used to seeing the sun having its blinding light pouring out around her in all directions was a new experience all together. If it wasn't for the small boy's hand in hers, frantically running alongside her away from these bizarre tree dwellers that she might have stopped and stood in awe of the warmth pooling from the giant glowing orb. 

The warmth on her back was short lived as the night soon reclaimed it's domain with a vengeance, the trees and shadows looked darker and whispered of strange secrets. The dizziness in her head had slowly began to fade, curiosity and a sense of caution slipping in to take it's place. A slight frown tugged on her lips as she slowed down their pace careful not to run head long into any more danger on this strange road they had begun to follow.

[b]"Yeah, I think we've lost them..."[/b] 

Her reply was gasped out in between her greedily gulping air into her lungs, even though they had only been running a little while she felt exhausted like she had just run a marathon. Both her breathing and her heartbeat were erratic, they matched the winds fury as it started to roar in anguish whipping her hair around angrily into her face and tugged at her clothes as if seeking to rip the lantern from her grasp. The same moment she pulled the small boy closer to her to protect him from the wind she noticed the silhouettes in the light. 

Unsure Aslynn took a step back until a woman's voice shattered the fragile silence; she was calling from Cod and it seemed others had joined in the search looking for him. Her first thought questioned this being a trap, the second one urged her to call out and tell them she had found the boy. Her top teeth gnawed softly on her lower lip as she worried over the choice before her before shaking her head. Since when was she afraid of anything.

[b]"Hello? Are you looking for Cod??"[/b]

Her voice didn't carry far because of the wind, her arm was still protectively wrapped around the small boy as her other hand clenched on tighter to the lantern. Whatever was going on, it seemed that her having the lantern gave her some leverage if nothing else she could create with it without having to put in effort. Her thoughts still wavered on where to trust the unknown power she was carrying or not.