"That doesn't surprise me," said Neirenn, glancing back out towards the rest of the city. All stone and glass--which she was used to, having been born in quite a sizeable city herself, but Aydensfell did have parks and growing things in it. "It must have taken a while for you to shift all of it... I'd say it was worth it, though." Even if the little girl--no, not a little girl, the forest's creator--had done it by magic, Neirenn imagined it would have still taken quite a bit of energy to do so.

She followed the girl's movements with her eyes, watching as she scuttled up the arch effortlessly. The receding mist just made the area seem lovelier, and took away some of the eerie atmosphere, which Neirenn had o admit she felt glad about. She didn't want to let her guard down still, but it was miles better than creeping through dark trees and watching a pair of glowing eyes in the mist. "How did you make all the plants grow like this? Are you... a forest spirit, or a nature guardian?" she asked, trying to remember if she'd studied anything like this at the Academy. Neirenn didn't think her world had anything quite like this girl, but there might be something similar she could compare it to.