Chapter 36: The Flashlight
"Uh– Astra?" Belk called out softly, feeling the cold chill run up his legs. "Why do you have us knee deep in water— holding magnets?"
"Good question, I’ll answer it with another!" Astra smirked with a clay pot behind her, her arms folded as she watched Belk, Vagnis and Sylvi knee deep in a flowing river, the black sheen of magnets in hand as they searched the flowing waters.
"When you got to the mountains on the other side of the forest," She started, Belk watching her with furrowed brows at what she could possibly ask him. "How did you cross the forest separating us?"
"Well... I was just lost for a few days and got to the other side by pure accident, why?" Belk pondered, jolting slightly as Astra snapped her fingers at his statement.
"That’s exactly it!" She declared, "We need a source of light!"
"But fire and the sun are the only source of light," Sylvi pointed out, confusion laced in her voice as they continued to search.
"As of right now that may be true," She grinned, pointing up to the sky as if to use the sun as a reference. "But soon we’ll be carrying devices that can light up our path!"
"We call it the flashlight!"
"So cool!" Sylvi cheered.
"Uh question," Vagnis muttered, raising his hand slightly.
"Yes?" Astra points to Vagnis, causing the other two to look at him with curious eyes. "Your question!"