"Yeah, tomorrow's better, probably."

"Want me to walk you out?"

"I'd love that, thank you."

Then they can go to the entrance. When they're at the sidedoor, he says he'll see her tomorrow, then heads down the lane towards the port town. 

And after she's far enough away she gets rid of that face with a shiver and goes to find her girlfriend.

Who drops out of the canopy once Dayo's a bit inside the grove. 

"Hey! How was your day?"

"I did not miss dysphoria," she says, shuddering a bit. "Otherwise, though, it was good, I got a tour—" She tells Tetsuma about her whole day, particularly the part where her guide mentioned the lord might've recently gotten an artefact of some kind that might help with the ley.

Hug! "Yeah, I can imagine. Thank you for doing this, though."

"It's great that you managed to swing a tour. Any ideas about the artifact? I'm thinking that if we can find where it's stored, it's likely that other artifacts are stored with it - like Reim's jewel - since it's easier to maintain high security on one room than on multiple."

"No ideas yet but I'm betting that that artefact is Reim's jewel."

"The timing's about right, if so. ...Clients who don't give full information are so annoying, if this thing's magical that would've been helpful to know."

"I wonder if we can get Reim by calling again..."

"That's a good idea! Maybe. Reim?"

Nothing happens immediately. 

"Yo Reim, we'd love to talk about our mission."

Still nothing!

"Maybe since we're farther it takes him longer? Or he can't hear us outside of the island. Anyways, we should probably think about dinner, it'll be sundown soon..."

"Yeah, probably. What are the options?"

"We still have some bread and cheese from town, plus I gathered some berries and nuts earlier. There's also various roots about if we feel like cooking."

"Do we feel like cooking?"

"I don't, particularly."

"Me neither. Let's go with the other things."

"Is there anything you'd like me to try and pick up from town tomorrow?" she asks as she gets stuff down from her tree (she's been building a platform sort of hidden in the branches). 

"Nothing in particular. Surprise me."

"Okay, then."

Dinner is prepared fairly quickly.

Tetsuma chats about her day some as they eat - "I started a new angle on the wood clones. I think I can get them to sync their experiences with me, so I don't have to just have them report back. Losing memories from them is one of the big weaknesses involved in sending clones out of my sight..."

"Oh? How do you do that?"

"Pretty sure the trick's in how I distribute the yin chakra, and in setting up a - sort of loop of chakra moving back and forth. Similar concept to the conscious control exerted over water clones, but coming from the clone itself. It might end up limiting their range, though if that's the case I can just have two versions of the jutsu."

She nods and kisses Tetsuma because she is so smart!!!