Elizabeth grinned up at Night as they looked around the clearing and up into the trees. The creatures were still staring wordlessly at them. It felt as if they were waiting for something. She was at a loss as to what, but she was yet again curious to know. Turning her head toward Night, she whispers, "We need to find the one from last night. He told me we need to go to the cliffs of Cah Pu Kae Kah.
A rustling sound passed through the air, causing the two to quickly look up. The lemurs were beginning to move now, streaks of color blurring through the leaves and branches. Elizabeth was smiling in delight, her mouth opened slightly as she turned her head this way and that to look at all of swirling colors.
Suddenly the sound completely stopped; the air was still. Not even two seconds later, a large orange, red, and yellow creature flew from a tree to their right and landed, crouched down in front of them. Night jumped back, shouting in alarm as he tried to yank Elizabeth back with him. She stood rooted to the spot, staring into the dark orange eyes.
The time they stared at each other seemed to stretch on forever, but Elizabeth didn't want to back down. She wanted to know why he told her to come this way. While she had been looking around earlier, she noticed there were giant versions of the flowers they had seen earlier dispersed throughout the tree canopy. Surely this must be a special place. With all the staring the creatures were doing, she felt this was close to the truth.
Night was still behind her, tense and unmoving. She grinned to herself. He was such a worrier.
Finally, the creature resembling a lemur spoke. He had a strong, deep voice that spoke of power and age, and made her feel safe. His body showed none of the latter as he stood up and looked down at the two which wasn't hard at his height.
"You have arrived, small ones. I am impressed with your courage. There are few who would have taken a stranger's words and trusted them without question. I felt you would, though, so I am unsurprised."
"My fellows here," he swept a long, furred arm through the air, "are curious of you." He paused glancing around at the creature who had resumed their moving about, but were still staring at the pair. "They wish to meet you. Never before have they met ones such as you two."
Glancing behind her, Elizabeth caught Night's eye. She smiled and shrugged, reaching towards him again to pull him forwards. "So Night, what do you think? Shall we have more fun?"
