Chapter 66: A Walk in the Woods
The sun was blinding for the first few minutes when they left the dungeon. Because of that, they were able to catch up with the other groups, as they waited for their eyes to adjust too. Although, even after their eyes adjusted, they stuck around until everyone's eyes were used to being in the natural light again.
Kim couldn't help but glance back at the dungeon. While it looked like it had been constructed with worked stone bricks on the inside, outside it looked like it hadn't been touched by people at all. All she saw was a weather beaten mountainside or cliff side. They were too close for her to determine which it was. Regardless, she could see that it would have been very difficult work to have tried digging their way out of it.
As Kim turned her attention back to the other groups, she briefly noticed the mournful expression on Bart's face. However he had tried to play off Michelle's death as nothing that affected him, it was clear he was grieving. Although, some of the words he'd said stuck with her. If he had thought out his words, she was quite sure he wouldn't have phrased it the way he had.
It was clear that he felt that he was the reason Michelle had died. Not very logical, but she did hear about people feeling that way from time to time. This was her first time seeing it firsthand, although, she wondered if he really felt like he brought misfortune or whatever on those with him, why was he willing to travel with others? It would make more sense for him to decide to continue on his own.
Kim shook her head to get rid of those thoughts. She really wasn't going to get invested in the lives of others. Besides, he wasn't in her party, so if he did bring misfortune to those around him, then since he wasn't part of her team, then it really didn't matter.
"Now that we're all here, should we all travel together until we know what it's like out here? Or should we each go our own way and see what out here holds for us separately?" Owen asked.
"Let's go our own ways," Kim said, shifting Sonya in her arms. While Sonya was a lot lighter than she'd expected, even carrying 25 pounds would get tiring after a while, and Sonya definitely weighed more then 25 pounds.
"Would be good to see what out here is like on our own," Patricia said, a glint in her eyes as she glanced at Patrick told Kim she really didn't want to know what the girl had in mind for the guy she was travelling with as soon as they were out of sight.
"I wouldn't mind traveling with everyone," Elin whispered to Kim.