Squirrelly Days - Rammu

002 - Lina

Lina followed nervously behind the group while watching Kion's tail sway in an effort to distract herself from her anxiety.

'''

Wafit: So, Lina, I'm told you've never been to Ankarok before. What do you think of it, seeing as you walked through quite a lot of it to get here.

Lina: *sharp inhale* *long exhale* It's very vast... The farmlands are breathtaking, but I was starting to wonder if they were ever going to end.

Yineh: *bombastic laughter* At least now you know how much food everyone eats. So~ I'm assuming coming from Tarico and wearing that outfit you're probably not an outdoors type?

Lina: Nee, I'm certainly neet.

Yineh: *chuckle* Tarico accents crack me up, and I haven't heard one in a loo~ng time.

Wafit: Speaking of, if it's not too forward, why did you decide to join the Ankarok rammu?

Lina: *nervous utterance* I wanted to get away from my family... Which is why Cerina sent me here instead of accepting me as a Tarico rammu.

Yineh: So~ besides family issues, any other reason you wanted to become a rammu?

Lina: *nervous utterance*

Yineh: Have you ever even been out in the wild before?

Lina: W-why would you ask that?

Yineh: For one, your clothing and all your supplies are brand new. For two, you're looking pretty beat for someone who smells like they stayed at the Golden Gate Keepers in the village; which means all you did this morning was run through the farmlands and green trails.

Lina: All I did!? I've been running for the past three hours straight.

Yineh: That's literally going to be half your morning warmup until you become a rammu-jhu.

Lina: Neewha?!

Yineh: Yep, our normal morning regimen is to run from the Gathering to the village and back.

Lina: *stunned daze*

Yineh: Wait, did you say three hours?

Lina: *affirmative nod*

Yineh: Are you sure you know what running is?

Wafit: A~nd we're here.

Lina: *bewildered* I don't see anything?

Wafit: *chuckle* You have to look up.

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Lina looked up to see an extensive network of ornate and brightly colored interconnected tree top buildings.

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Lina: Wow... *stunned* H-how do we get up to them?

Yineh: *bombastic laughter* We climb, of course, silly.

Lina: *hard gulp* C-Climb?

Yineh: *bemused stare* You do know how to climb a tree, don't you?

Lina: *nervous utterance*

Yineh: Wow ... okay... *awkward laughter* I'll go toss you down a ladder.

Lina: *relieved sigh*

'''

Lina watched in awe as Yineh effortlessly climbed the massive central tree and dropped down a rope ladder.

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Lina: *looking towards Kion* You wanna go first?

Kion: No thank you. I don't like rope ladders. I'll feel safer climbing the tree. *awkward chuckle*