Her ears perked at his words and took them in. Talis. So that's his name, she thought. "I'll have to thank him for that, then," she said as she sits back up a little to look at the man beside her.

"I guess I should tell you my name. I'm Mina," she states as she gives him a warm smile. If this was somewhere that you could only get into through a portal, maybe this would be a safe place to stay for a while. She let out a relieved sigh and stretched a little, immediately finding it a bad idea as her sore muscles made her wince.

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Elsewhere, an armored man soaked from the downpour gasped out of breath in the dark forest. "She couldn't have gotten away!" he yelled as he punched a tree and growled in pain. He shook his fist in frustration, as if doing so would throw the pain away, while he caught his breath. "Mina. I'll find you. It's no use hiding!" he yells as he starts running again in the muddy forest.