Chapter 239: Deciding on Which Path part 2
The debate of whether to go back the way they came or to try to find a way to continue moving forward while getting back to the path they had been on took much longer than Kim had thought it would. She also was surprised that the one pushing the matter was Elin the most.
She understood that Elin had wanted to continue taking that path, but she could see a way to move forward while at the same time returning to that same path.
Jonas wanted to continue along the top of the canyon, while looking for a way out of the canyon altogether. Which Kim could understand, though Elin didn't seem to like the idea at all. Though, she wouldn't give a reason s to 'why' that was.
Elmo didn't seem to have an opinion one way or another, though Kim suspected it was because he just didn't want to get involved in the discussion. Which Kim didn't mind. At least as long as he wasn't directly objecting to her idea, that is.
"If we return to where we were on that path, we can see what might be in that darkened area there," Elin claimed, pointing at a place that was indeed deep in shadow.
However, Jonas was already shaking his head. "That may be a depression or whatever in the rock, but it's not going to be very far. I can see it right now and it goes maybe two feet into the rock. We'd be better served finding a way across the top parts here and getting back to the main parts of the mountains."
"What if we're just at a bad angle for you to see it properly?" Elin countered. 'We came up here because we couldn't see what our original path was going because we were at a bad angle."
Kim was pretty sure that wasn't quite the reason they opted to come up here. The angle piece didn't come into play until they were looking for a path up here to begin with. Kim wasn't sure what Elin was thinking, but it was clear she was trying to piece her argument together based on what she thought sounded good.
"If that's the case, what do you hope to find in there?" Jonas merely asked. "I'm pretty sure the fire dragon isn't likely to fit in that shadowed area, no matter how deep it goes. If the fire dragon is around Aquis' size, then it would be to wide to fit in there in the first place."
"Uh, why don't we just draw lots or something?" Elmo asked tentatively, almost like he was afraid everyone would turn on him.
"Why should we?" Elin demanded. "We should just go back the way we came!"