Donno stands quietly, listening for more telltale signs of strange people living in the woods, or anything else suspicious. Finding nothing, he finally pulls his cell phone out and examines it. Finding the connection sustainable for the first time since they'd arrived, he attempts to dial Ren's number and waits, examining the treeline with a suspicious glint to his eye.
When the phone vibrates, he looks back down and finds Ren looking back at him. "Donno!" she exclaims. "Long time no see."
"Sorry I missed our last meeting," he says, still casting a glance around, searching. "Phone wasn't working."
"No problem," Ren tells him. "I understand. Besides, I talked with Tonya."
"How'd that go?" he wonders, glancing back at the phone.
"Went fine," she shrugs. "You know us, we get along fine." She pauses. "I did hear someone wants a pony though."
Donno rolls his eyes down at the phone. "Of course she'd tell you that. Some pretend-wife she's turning out to be."
Ren chuckles. "What do you keep looking around for?"
"I found someone who lives in the woods," he says. "Looked suspicious, I confronted him, and he had a knife."
"Whoa, alright," Ren says, an eyebrow quirking. "Where did that go, then?"
"He tried to threaten me with it." Donno scoffs. "Felt like an empty threat, mostly, but something strange is definitely going on here."
"Not sure I'm liking the sound of this," Ren mumbles. "Is anything else going on that's suspicious?"
"Some missing hikers," Donno says. "Nothing I'm too concerned about, but I'm keeping an eye out anyway."
"Good man," Ren says approvingly. "Have you gotten to do any activities?"
"Tried some archery," he says. "Didn't do great, it's been awhile. I'll keep trying."
"Gotta keep those old skills sharp," Ren agrees with a small smile.
"Yeah," he grunts, making his way past some foliage. "Gonna go, check in with Tonya, see if anything new's happening."
"Alright," Ren says. "Hey, Donno?"
He holds the phone up and peers at it, catching the shift in tone of her voice. "Yeah?"
"If anything happens," she says. "This guy who lives in the woods, or anyone, gives you or Tonya trouble, you call me, alright?"
Donno nods. "Yeah. Same time next week."
She smiles. "Same time next week."
