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Brick nodded once and followed behind Aya, his eyes constantly scanning the environment for anything or anyone of note. Even though he was pretty much certain the chances of being ambushed right outside the camp were very, very slim, he didn't particularly want to make a bad first impression by letting his new friend get hurt.

He made note of any and all large tree branches lying around or hanging off of dying trees on the way towards the hill. He could go back to retrieve them later.