[ Ryoji hadn't given much thought to what he wanted to do or talk about, preferring to let conversations flow as they come and believing that talking itself would help. In his time trying to sort all of this out, he had come across several people in the woods, but they had not talked, thrown into battle over terror and confusion from both sides. The woods really weren't as secluded as he originally thought... He would have had more peace staying in his apartment, but the last time he did that, it didn't help at all, the hiding and waiting and slowly being overwhelmed. Back then, doing that harmed no one but himself; that isn't the case now. ]

...There's a stream nearby, where we can sit and talk on the rocks. You can cool and rest your feet there. [ He starts off for the stream, trying to lead while keeping Lucian beside him instead of behind, a touch of wariness every time he slips from his field of vision. ] I like watching the water flow. It catches the moonlight even at night.