In the meantime, Oliver and the others were walking behind Aria, glancing around with eyes that were wide open.
They looked like a group of small children seeing a flood of new things for the first time.
The massive stone buildings, the arched balconies, the voices of vendors, the colors of fabrics, the smell of food mixed with laughter.
Everything felt new to them, completely different from the village they knew.
The most bewildered among them was Lemur, who had never seen any form of human civilization before this.
Aria walked ahead of them, her back straight, her eyes darting across the surroundings.
Not with the same awe as the others, just a steady focus mixed with a bit of curiosity. Nothing more.
Oliver moved closer to her, leaning slightly so she could hear him through the noise.
"Does the outside world look like this?"
She answered without turning her head, only shifting her eyes toward him.
