Ezylryb talked to parliament the following night and convinced the to let him send Soren and Gylfie on a mission to scout out certain forests for any signs of the pure ones. the forests were spread apart throughout the land to make sure that they had plenty of time together. Once Gylfie heard about this, she was ecstatic, while Soren was slightly sad to leave the tree and his new friend Pelli.

After departure, Gylfie and Soren went into a pine forest inhabited mostly by tytos, though with few or little pure one sightings. Gylfie was quiet most of the time, which Soren finally noticed. near dawn, he caught a few voles and decided to bring it up over dinner.

"Gylf?"

"Yeah, Soren?"

"You seem to be quiet lately. what's wrong?"

Gylfie started to feel like there was a lump in her throat and her gizzard started tingling.

"nothing" she lied, sounding choked up.

"Gylf, you know you can tell my anything."

"It's about..." she said, starting to tremble

"come here" he said, holding her with his wing as she started crying

"it's about someone i... well, someone i love."

"Why are you so sad about them?" soren asked, clueless to who it was

"Well, they don't know how i feel about them and I don't know how to tell them. Then they have spent all of their time with someone else who they met not too long ago."

"aww, Gylf. I'll always be here for you."

"Thanks, Soren."

"do you mind if i ask who?"

"I don't want to talk about it right now. I just want to eat dinner and go to sleep for a while."

"Ok, but if you want to talk more, i am always here for you."

"thank you, Soren."

After that they ate their voles and went to sleep.

Gylfie was woken up in the middle of the day by a loud noise outside. she looked outside and couldn't see anything. while looking outside, she bumped into a small, loose piece of wood in the hollow that fell on Soren and woke him up.

"What was that?" Gylfie wondered out loud, shaking.

"What's a matter, Gylf?" Soren asked, startling her.

"I heard a loud noise outside and, well... i'm a bit scared."

"Come here, Gylf" Soren said, outstretching his wing. "maybe you'll feel safer if you come and sleep with me."

"Thanks, Soren." she cuddled up next to him and the two slept soundly for the rest of the day.