~ As they followed Väinämöinen Andrew continued to check his compass. At one point he murmured to Takyle that, as far as he could tell, they were still headed towards the structure that they had spotted from the plain.
On and on they trudged. Andrew may have thought that they were going to the hillside building, but Jaden was positive that they must have passed it by now. And then, suddenly, the trees thinned and they step into a clearing with a small square building standing in the center.
It seemed to be constructed of some sort of flat, white stone and was perfectly cubical. It looked to Jaden like a giant building block set down in the middle of the forest. They followed Väinämöinen around the corner and found that the northern wall housed a door. Next to Väinämöinen it looked ludicrously short. The old man gestured to it impatiently.
"This is where you will sleep," he ordered brusquely. Andrew looked scandalized.
"Sleep? It's like...seven o'clock..." he protested. Väinämöinen cast a stern eye on him.
"Sleep while you can, or go without." And with that his form shimmered and dematerialized in front of their eyes. Jaden looked at his mates.
"Huh...Guess we should go inside then." He began reaching for the door latch when Takyle grabbed his hand and restrained him forcibly.
"Don't. What if it's a trap? I don't trust this guy in the slightest." Jaden shook his head.
"No, I think, judging from what I remember of Väinämöinen, he would prefer an intellectual snare, rather than a physical one," he said.
"Yeah," Andrew chimed in. "And whether or not to go inside this building couldn't be a battle of wits at all."
"Oh, so you guys just want to hang out out here then?" Jaden asked.
"No..." Andrew looked at Takyle. She sighed noisily.
"Let's just proceed with extreme caution," she said.
"Sure thing, no rushing in, got it," replied Jaden.
Once again he reached for the door latch. It was cold to the touch. He pushed against it and the white door slowly, silently swung inward. ~
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