Chapter 269: Where to Go
Kim had felt that this was a waste of time, but to have Elin and Elmo not returning when she and Jonas had told them was another matter altogether. Although, with how Elmo slow was moving, she doubted that he might have even heard them tell him about how long they should be moving down the trail.
She hadn't worried about it because Elin should have known when to come back. Which would have necessitated her passing Elmo, in turn letting him know to head back, since she would have been going faster than him. Which of course, hadn't happened.
Even Jonas had appeared to be surprised at the turn of events, which didn't soothe her nerves any. So, she felt she would need to talk with Elin when they got a minute to be alone. She had noticed changes in Elin, but she hadn't expected this to occur. It just felt like she was losing touch with what had been happening around her.
Either that or she was more tired than she realized. Not that she really felt tired, just a little fatigued.
So, when she and Jonas decided to start heading down the path, if only to make sure nothing had actually happened to Elin and Elmo, since there wasn't any guarantee they would have seen any danger coming before they were even aware of it.
Though, with her luck, Elmo and Elin had entered a place with warped time that made it where they didn't realize how long it had been and that their time was up. Which, in turn would mean that she and Jonas would encounter Elmo and Elin on their way back. Which would likely cause an abundance of confusion.
Not that she expected things to be like that. Kim was confident that there wasn't anything that was influencing the way Elin would have experienced time. Which meant Elin either had lost track of time herself, was in trouble and couldn't get back, or she'd gotten distracted by something and was held up because of that.
So, when Kim and Jonas made their way through the trail, she found it rather aggravating at how long it was taking for her and Jonas to move through the trail.
Not because it was difficult to squeeze through, but rather how long it kept going on and on. She could feel time passing around her as they kept moving deeper, which meant she'd have to take just as much to get back to where they had been.
If Elin wasn't in trouble herself, Kim knew she wasn't going to be very happy about having to come down herself. Not unless they had found something very significant.
Although, as Jonas and Kim called out for Elmo or Elin, they continued to not get any response. Although, she couldn't say how well their voices would travel here. While theoretically their voices could bounce off the narrow passage in the canyon wall, that didn't mean it would go very far ahead of them. So, she couldn't count on Elmo or Elin even understanding what they were calling out if they could hear them.