Kyaga and Itaka helped Shizu up and supported her on the way over to the tree while Rex and Toya were already going upfront, not really making an effort to wait for the other three.

"Toya doesn't really like talking, huh?" Shizu was still more than just exhausted and you could hear that in every word that she was trying to bring over lips.

"Yeah, she seemed very protective over Rex back in the church, but that's about it." Itaka put his hand on his chin in a thinking gesture. "I think I didn't hear her talk since."

"Maybe she's shy? I don't know." Answered Kyaga.

"To be honest." Itaka began to whisper. "I think she's just cold..."

As soon as Itaka spoke that sentence Toya, who was now maybe 5 meters ahead of Itaka, Kyaga and Shizu, turned around and looked Itaka in the eyes completely expressionless.

Itaka, naturally, stopped instantly and looked at her just smiling awkwardly.

"What's wrong?" Asked Rex who continued to walk further away before turning.

"Nothing..." Toyas voice was as expressionless as her face. She turned around again and began to walk.

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"Does she have a sixth sense or something?" Itaka tried to whisper while flipping out. "That was fucking scary!"

Kyaga and Shizu just shook their heads. "Just walk and quit brabbling."

When they finally reached the bush Shizu kneeled down.

"Looks like the fight was worth it." Rex laughed at the still so absurd situation.

There were way more than 20 berries in the bush, so enough to complete the Quest given to them. "Told you guys," said Shizu exhausted.

Kyaga kneeled down to help her get all the berries off the bush. There were also enough spare to just take some with them. They didn't know what kind of berries they got their hands on, so just taking some with them in the hope they would turn out useful, couldn't be too dumb.

'Quest completed!' The pop up appeared again. Almost giving the three a heart attack. 'Bring the berries to House 67 to recieve your reward.'

"Oh my!... Pop-Ups are so scary all of a sudden. I always forget that I'm in a game," said Kyaga.

Shizu nodded. "It feels like we are back at the first few days of the game, right? It's so weird."

"Let's just complete that Quest as soon as possible and see what is up next. We should be as efficient as possible now." Rex was suddenly all serious again.

Kyaga nodded. "I agree. Getting things done early is important. Information is the highest value good right now"

Rex and Toya started to walk again instantly, while Kyaga and Shizu were still on ground.

"But hey, Rex?" Kyaga called out, whereupon Rex turned around again. "Could you please stay with us this time?" He was visibly ashamed of himself. Asking for help from someone he barely knew, and was most likely not a pro player, as the best AOS Player in the game? That's something that he himself would've laughed about just a few days, or even hours ago.

But Rex just smiled at him. "Sure."