"Pick a direction?"

"How about… that way?" he asks, pointing right of the lake. "Not sure we've really explored that way."

"We haven't. Let's go."

So Thario starts running that way! His keriol is wrapped around his shoulders.

Tyler looks at Elleira and offers to carry her. With gestures.

Sure. Nod.

So he picks her up, avoiding the reptile, and flies in the direction Thario pointed in.

There doesn't appear to be much other than 'forest' over this way, though after a few minutes he notices that the atmosphere suddenly changes.

So does the ground beneath them.

Joy.

Is Thario still around?

Well, seeing as he was in the forest… it would appear not? Since the forest is no longer available.

It appears to be a cracked wasteland for miles around.

Tyler stops and then tries flying back.

She motions for him to stop, then stretches out her senses, seeking any hint of presence.

He stops!

… She cannot. It honestly seems to be a wasteland for miles around. Then again, in these few minutes they have gone quite far from Thario and he had gone outside her range a couple of minutes before.

Hmm. Tyler should start flying again, then.

Tyler does!

… Nothing after three minutes!

Well, there's nothing down below. Stopping is unlikely to avail them any. Keep going.

So he does!

… What about if there's nothing after ten minutes?

As long as there's nothing of interest down below, keep going.

It continues to be a barren wasteland. With cracks. Huge cracks.

… Finally, after another twenty minutes, they suddenly find themselves above a large tree.

Worth a shot. She motions him down.

So he lands on the ground near the tree, then points in the direction of approximately-where-Thario-should-be and tilts his head questioningly.

Eyes closed, reach-

Thario does not seem to be within her range! Mind you, that's not all that surprising, seeing as the lake was something like ten miles away from this place, and then they went perpendicular from there.

Yeah, okay. Point, nod, back in the air.

Back in the air!

Back that direction!

You know, he can actually fly really fast. It takes him like three minutes to get to the approximate area, and then he lands to let her check again.