Penumbral

Chapter 8: Mist

Aurora opens her eyes and gets up from the bed, she goes to the other side of it and shakes her mother awake, the Scaleborn wakes up and slaps her daughter's hands, she then sits at the edge of the bed, the hit grazes the Demi-Human's hands and she quickly jumps back.

-I told you not to do that- Rosaria says in an annoyed tone while covering her face with her hand.

Aurora quickly rebukes -You told me last night to wake you up as soon as I do-

Slight confusion set on the mother's face before nodding her head in an understanding manner and apologizing, her daughter pouted before giving her a tight hug.

-If the boy didn't have any nightmares last night he's probably still sleeping peacefully- Rosaria said as she got up.

-I heard some shuffling, he definitely had a nightmare-

-Shame, I'll go make something for you two to eat before heading out-

-Wait, you're not coming with us?-

-Sweetheart, I'm 130, my adventuring years are far behind me-

-Are you and Cheny going to be alright alone?-

-I'm sorry, but can you remind me who beat you both in record time?- Rosaria asks while cupping her ear and pointing it torwards her daughter.

Aurora stays silent and simply lowers her head, she turns around and leaves the room, her mother laughs and follows behind her, the Demi-Human stops in front of her bedroom and knocks on the door, the mother passes by and slaps her daughter using her tail causing the girl to fall against the door with a loud thud, and from the bedroom comes Alimur's voice.

-I'm up-

A bit of shuffling is heard before the door opens and Aurora falls in front of her friend, muffled by the ground the Demi-Human's voice whishes good morning to Alimur to which he smiles and replies in the same manner before helping her up, the two head on to the kitchen for breakfast and sit on the table, after talking for a few minutes Rosaria puts a lot of food on the table.

-Why so much food?- The duo ask in tandem.

-Well, there's no towns from here to Svaril, and it's better forgo eating in the middle of the forest-

Aurora nods her head and speaks to Alimur -Mom is right, if we don't take lunch we can cross the forest and put quite some distance between us and it- She then starts to eat.

-Why would that be? Is the wild animal population that dense?-

-No, it's because the forest is home to the Salamanders- Rosaria responds.

-Ah I see, the bandits with fire aspects- Alimur sighs and starts eating his food.

Rosaria nods and eats along the two, after the meal Aurora and Alimur double check their equipment and supplies, the man straps his broken sword to his back, he picks up Jen's satchel and checks it's contents, he takes the bestiary and looks at it for a few seconds before putting it carefully back in the bag, and slings it on over his shoulder, Aurora checks on her backpack patting it down and seeing if the tents are strapped tightly, after minutes of checking if everything is as it should be the duo wave goodbye to Rosaria and head onto the road, they looked to the sky where dark clouds roamed about.

-Hey Alimur, do you mind if I tell you about my trips to Huia-

-I don't mind it at all, but why?- He looks over his shoulder without halting his movement.

-To pass time, and you know- She touches her fingertips together and looks to the side -You told me about your team, but I've never told too much about myself-