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Well, why would Dennis be here?
You stop for a moment, trying to follow Erna's train of thought.
"Maybe Dennis ran here to escape all the teasing."
Erna stopped to look at you as you struck up the conversation. "Well... I-I mean, maybe. But the kids don't tease him <span class="mu-i">that</span> hard! They hardly lay a finger on him. Maybe he just wanted to take a walk."
Her left ear drooped as she assumed a curious pose, rubbing her chin as she continued. "I've told him how pretty this place is before, and he said he wanted to visit. He could've just followed up on that."
Then again, she'd mentioned screams before. "If the gossipers were right, he went in alone and hasn't been seen since. I'd think that if you mentioned it to him, he'd want to go with you."
Especially if he was as timid as he was said to be.
Erna's foot began to tap loudly enough for you to hear the constant thumping. "He's so nervous, though. I dunno if he'd have the courage. Even when we were talking together I had to force him to reply when I said somethin' that couldn't be answered with an easy yay or nay..."
Soon Erna noticed the thumping too, and began pacing to avoid it. "But because he's so timid, he could've been screamin' over something small. Like maybe he just got bit by a Rattata and couldn't do anythin' to it, so he had to make a scene and hope he got help!"
The Buneary stopped, seemingly settling on that as a revelation, before realizing something else. "...boy, if that's what happened, then the gossipers were jerks not to see what was happening."
She wasn't wrong, yeesh. All you did in response, however, was shrug- "They couldn't've known that's what he wanted..."
Erna seemed to agree with that. "Well, if that's what happened, then we better get to helping him quick! Trouble or not, he shouldn't be here anyways."
You nodded and followed along as Erna picked up the pace...
...until the pair of you came to a crossroads.
One path headed straight ahead. You couldn't see the end of it.
Another on the left looked a bit brighter, but you could hear some noise over there. Lots of rustling, and it sounded like some stronger wind.
And the final path, on your right, you saw what looked like a pretty normal path. There was something at the end of it, though; you could see that much. It didn't continue further into the woods. What <span class="mu-i">was</span> there looked oddly object-like, though. Maybe it was treasure?
Erna stopped at the middle of all three and glimpsed down each one. "Y'know, there's probably treasure in here. We could try and look for that on the side, if you want. We don't even know for sure whether Dennis is here or not." You could see a grin plastered on her face, but it was definitely more excited than sinister.
Hmmm.
>Which path do you take?
>Left
>Middle
>Right
