She follows.

Aaerien starts humming to himself. As he does so, she unexplainably begins to feel confident. She could beat anything! Climb any mountain. Swim any river. Win any battle. Theres no reason for this confidence to pop up, but it feels great.

Well that's nice. And she doesn't even question where it came from.

After a while, Aaerien stops humming, and the confidence instantly dissipates. At least that explains where the feeling came from- it would have to be a huge coincidence for it not to have been caused by him.

Well, it was nice feeling it for the while.

The surroundings start to become generally darker- the trees closer together, the bushes more leafy and near, and the weeds longer. It's not an evil feeling, exactly, but the area feels incredibly inclosed, as if the plants had been trying to turn themselves into a wall. And, while there again is no evil feeling, there's a sense of magic that gets stronger with each step they take.

How suspicious. But, she doesn't question it.

He frowns, seeming a bit concerned by his surroundings. The dog happily leads them onwards.

She keeps following the dog.

They reach a large house. It seems to be abandoned.