Krissie smiled at Feris but had a feeling that he didn't really want to be here, not that he was scared of the forest. It was something that was deeper seated, he probably didn't like growing up with a father that was so well known. He was probably expected to be a Guardian, if not forced to be one. She suddenly understood why he was so stand off-ish, having to deal with people always expecting something from you must of been hard. If she grew up like that she would probably go a little crazy.

But she was a mixed blood, no one ever expected anything from her. She was considered by many something that could be easily tossed to the side. Sure it was looked at as special when a male human took a female elf as a bride and when a male elf took a female human as a bride. But if they had children, those kids were doomed. Even if the parents were high up in society their children would still be third class people.

Krissie was suddenly pulled from her thinking when Feris asked her about herself. She bit her before taking a deep breath and slowly letting it out. "Well, I am what some call a mutt." She said as she cliamed over a large tree root, she never knew that tree roots could get that big. "My father is a Lord of the city of Cottom by the Diglue river, and my mother was an elf. She was Queen Ginnila's woman in waiting........" She stopped talking as she swallowed, memories of her mother were painful. "She died suddenly...... three years ago, no healers could heal her. We have no idea what took her." 

Krissie knew that her mother was out in the meadow by their house one morning and when she came back she was vary ill. She tried to help her mother and ask what was wrong but her mother couldn't answer. It was really odd, just how her mother fell ill and within days she was dead. "She use to tell me of stories of the Guardians and said it was a great honour to be one. I have always wanted to be a Guardian and even more so after my mothers death." She looked at Feris and gave a sad smirk. She wasn't sure if he really wanted to hear about her. But she knew that the distraction was a welcomed one since they didn't have to focus on their thirst or tired muscles.

"Duni was the only one that would mentor me, others turned me away because of my parentage." She said lending a hand to Feris as he came over another really high root. The forest was getting more difficult to navigate, she hoped that this was as hard as it got but she had a feeling that it would get worse. 

Some where deep in the forest a roar rang out, the sound made Krissie's heart jump and her blood rush. She looked from the forest depths to Feris and a big smile spread across her face. She didn't need to say anything, she knew that the feeling was probably similar with him. [i]They know we are here, they are calling us further in.[/i] She thought as her excitement died down a little. 

After a few yards or what felt like a few yards of silence, she desided to break it. "So what dragon are you hoping to find or get?" She asked knowing that there were a few breeds of dragons, some more rare than others.