As they traversed the outer territories, she occasionally checked in on her brother in brief glances. Judging by his expression, she had wondered how often he had been off castle grounds- and if he had seen the Aspen forest yet at all. Judging by his face, she doubted it. And it gave her all the more reason to want to watch him as he got to experience a new place for the first time. However, when he asked what they needed and why, she couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Haven't you been paying attention?" She responded accusingly but didn't give him the opportunity to answer. "Is it too much to ask for you to pay attention?" Talyssa interjected, deciding it was probably a better question, since she was sure that he had in fact not been paying attention.
After a few moments of silence, she answered him. "The Bonfire Festival." The girl responded as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. However as she watched him lean over and grab a stick to investigate, she thought she might need to be a little clearer. "To have a bonfire, we need kindling. That's our job." Or at least, that was going to be their contribution to the event. "So, let's get to collecting so we can get back home." She instructed, grabbing her bag and heading off to a place a little ways off that seemed more undisturbed. Then, she thought of something. "Hey, be careful though. By the water there are beavers. They may want to fight you if you get too close to the dam they're building." Talyssa warned. She was a lot of things- a student, an adventurer, the best sister in the world ... but a beaver fighter wasn't one of them.
Satisfied that he could take care of himself, she continued on. Stopping to pick up a stick and put it in her bag whenever she saw one. It was filling up pretty quickly, so she knew it wouldn't take hardly anytime at all.
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