trees make the worst frenemies, they’re too good at throwing shade

Her uncle had always told her to steer clear of this forest. The oaks and cedars were safe enough for her to travel within, but this place had been off-limits. Spiraling branches, large thorns, thick fog, an eerie feeling that you were being followed... It was everything that summed up Wraith's Woods and had kept her away until now. It was the promise that they would make it out alive that convinced her to follow Modesty and the other three kids into the treacherous maze. Winding this way and that, making blind lefts and rights, Rheum was not surprised when Modesty stopped. Did any of them know where they were?

Rheum's own brow would wrinkle as she listened to the rest of the group converse about which way was best. Thinking quickly, Rheum glanced this way and that before looking to the companions that Deluge and Sakana had brought. "Could we not use the birds to help?" She asks softly as her bright yellows move over to Modesty. Of course, if this was a lesson in navigation, one might think using a bird would be cheating, but also would it not be considered clever?

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