Although Nerissa was hesitant of following such a young girl through this unknown land, she followed along for lack of arguing. Mai apparently had the same idea because she also continued walking without uttering a word. When she asked about shelter, Nerissa shrugged. "I didn't even think about that..." she pondered. "I'm sure we'll find something. And when it comes time to sleep, maybe we should have shifts so one of us is awake and on alert if anything goes wrong. As of right now I guess we're the only warriors here."
When they came across the cave, Nerissa approached very cautiously. They were in a land being consumed by darkness, and this small warrior chose a cave of all places to start with? She was shocked at how quickly the young one began to settle down as if she'd returned to her own home. "Look, from what I can see you're a Willow warrior so I'm sure you know this realm better than I do, but don't you think it's a bad idea to find shelter here? We're not even in Haven yet. The darkness hasn't spread here and there's still plenty of light out there. Shouldn't we stay out of dark places as much as possible? We need to cherish the light before it disappears." Nerissa lightly sighed, she hated feeling as if she was bossing her fellow warriors around already. She hardly knew them yet. But something about the cave seemed off, and Nerissa only took a few small steps inside; making sure she stayed in the light for now. Who knew what darkness was capable of while the land so near them was in such turmoil.
