"It sounds like a test for everyone. There might be something out in the woods for those that have to go on the trek. Meanwhile we have to let them go and accept the dangers they might face. We can't follow, we can't help. We have to stay and feel helpless." She didn't know how she was going to stomach it. Those going weren't close friends or family, but it still made her sick to think about watching them leave, knowing that something could happen.

"Was your name on there?" She asked, noticing the term 'we'. She didn't know the young man, despite having seen his face around the village. She had isolated herself for too long. This group was going to risk themselves, but she didn't know the first thing about them. "I'm Lyanna. I'm sorry I didn't meet you before this."

She offered her hand, as she had seen others do before.