"I don't know," she admitted reluctantly, rolling up the map so they'd have room for the plates. "It depends a lot on geography, how hard it might be to cross bodies of water, and other such factors. I think someone's done the math of the circumference, but I do not remember it. Perhaps the taste of

"Actually," Maggie pulled her storage bag and placed it on the table, then started rifling through it with gusto, until she eventually pulled out a large map and rolled it out across the table. "I'm not sure your units of measurement, but it takes around a month to walk from the East to the West

The smell of the fish kept getting more and more tantalizing. She felt her jaw tingle and chuckled, then thought of his question and considered. "If it was one season in one area, it was that season all over. It wouldn't snow all over the ring at the same time, of course, but it wasn't uncommon to

"When it snows, does it snow across the entire world, or is it separated by the equatorial band?" Maggie smiled hopefully. Maybe he and his people were knowledgeable enough to know, or maybe not. Either way, she'd still ask. These round planets had some fun differences compared to home.

"Best to say something while you can. It's one thing to have a family you only talk to rarely, and another to have a family you have endless things to tell, and yet, cannot." It didn't bother her. It didn't. It just made her want to cry sometimes. Or all the time. Better not to think about it at

"Necessity proves adaptability," she commented while testing the hammock's strength. It should hold her - or she'd get a nasty surprise when it snapped. Obviously there were some security threats with just a hammock, as someone could shoot them from afar, but that's why they'd take watches at night.

"Is your Auntie still around?" It felt good to learn about someone else's family rather than reminisce on her own, especially since Solas might be able to talk to his family again. The chair squeaked slightly when she sat down on it and, now more comfortable, she folded her arms on her lap.

"I shall." A promise was a promise. Maggie finished stringing up the protective barrier in a 10 by 10 square and then sat at the edge of her hammock, smelling the delicious smell wafting toward her from his cookware. "That smells scrumptious. Did you learn to cook at a school?"

The elf immediately spotted the spatula and grabbed it, then brought it over to him, offering it to him by the handle. "One of my siblings would love to cook, and she's always bring over every single utensil she might need for cooking, and somehow the only one she forgot to bring over was the one

The evil dragon isn't supposed to take the life advice from the little sprite.

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"I do!" She replied warmly, then withdrew one from her storage bag at her hip, then thought better of it. "Perhaps after the food, though?" She offered, her eyes crinkling with a small smile. "I wouldn't want to distract the master chef from our delicious meal."

"Protect you from the dragon?" she chuckled darkly, thinking someone else would have to bury two graves were she to try and fight it alone. Instead of dwelling on that, she moved to his other question and turned her attention back to the table. "I used a Starknife. I still have it, somewhere."

Noting the offered hand, she took it and slid lightly off the horse, already taking a mental note of the area around them and what it might offer. A notch in a tree nearby would make for a good place to set some rope up and hang up their belongings in case there were bears or raccoons nearby, or

"That, I don't know." Maggie shook her head, her golden hair tossing to and fro. "I only know he's been to my world and Faerûn. Or Toril, rather." A pang of guilt surged within her that she couldn't alleviate Solas of his concerns. She glanced out the window, just in case, by speaking Sundrinker's

"Any excuse to hear me talk?" She teased lightly. While she didn't mind the sound of her own voice, she was not typically the most talkative of a given group lately. Lately. Once she remembered that she could hardly shut up. The topic of their conversation returned and she frowned glumly.

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Inrin was, of course, quite correct, and the Elf let out a quiet laugh. "You're right. Silly me, thinking every land would be like my own. No, I'm quite overwhelmed by the differences, but also enamored. And even more curious." Her finger raised, pointing into the air. "But! The task at hand! We

Maggie pulled one of the chairs out and sat down to give him a little bit more room to maneuver and so she could focus on thinking about her adventures. And the more she thought about it, the more she concluded that she really hadn't done all that much. As the realization hit, her lips pursed and

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He rhand clasped his and she swung lightly up onto his horse, keeping herself firmly on it with her hips. “Then let us be off, and rid this swamp of this awful serpent. You said it will take a day's travel? Tis not so bad a journey.”

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The Elves of other worlds seem so different than the Elves at home.

"Then it seems I'll be regaining my riding legs," she smiled easily, ready for their journey by force of habit itself. "Mind if I ride behind you? I think I'd only slow us down if I have to walk the whole way." She didn't want to merely assume that he would allow her to ride, so asking felt the

"I believe that firmly relies on whether or not you think an ogre might stumble upon your camp while you're sleeping, and if you think you can fight them off while you're half-awake and hungry." Speaking from personal experience. She clasped her hands behind her back and waited for Solas to open

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"Adventurers only back down from a fight if the guild informs us that it's too dangerous for people with our experience." Maggie smiled, sliding the pistol back into its holster. "I'd be glad to accompany you. Do you need any supplies before we go to this serpent's den?"

"That is one aspect I do not understand." Maggie chuckled while they walked. "Nature is the cycle of life and death. Consumption and rebirth. Certainly, as stewards over the world, we should never pollute it, nor consume its resources beyond what could be replenished. But every animal has feelings.

"It's-" she started, blanched, then tried again. "These other worlds I travel to, I find these beings, these gods, that so many worship. It is not so on the Ring. We worship the Ring itself. Why would we worship any other? There is nothing greater that we have ever found. And to then assign things

He certainly seemed to think quite a bit before offering such a succinct response. "Do you need help with this snake?" she offered, withdrawing one of her pistols and twirling it around her finger in a well-practiced move.

The same nervousness kept blossoming in her chest whenever their hands touched. If he didn't care, she would have stopped by now, but a little part of her liked seeing him squirm. It was cute. "I believe the direct comparison from fish that I've tried here was trout? Have you had trout?" she asked,

"I'm not familiar with 'salmon'." Maggie walked alongside him down the path, then kept "accidentally" brushing her hand against his, wearing a small smirk the whole time.

"Castle Town? Not the most unoriginal name I've heard of. Are you heading there now?" she raised a brow at him, wondering now if he was traveling alone aside from the horse, at least.

"I'm assuming that, by you offering, it's not me imposing." Maggie offered a sly grin, then gestured for him to lead the way.

It functions well enough for a trade language I suppose.

Oh! Yes. It's not a very good language, is it?

What is English?

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Rider! Monster Rider.

And you say you are a monster hunter? You sound more like a caretaker.

New lodgings? It's likely something that you need. May the Great Elder watch over you.

Since it seemed like they'd be talking a while longer, she gestured to the log. "Would you like to talk here, or go somewhere that our bums can have a little bit more padding?"

Perhaps if I'd given that half a second worth of thought, I would've realized that...

Maggie raised her hands, palms pressing lightly against each other and fingers pointing skyward, then pressed her thumbs against her sternum. Hovering just above her outstretched fingertips was a very small rhomboid, just barely larger than her pinky finger, flickering throughout the rainbow in