[ Chihiro follows after Rei, with much less care. It's not that she isn't trying. She's trying to be careful, and she's not as loud as she could be. She still makes more noise than Rei as she tracks after her between the trees. Chihiro tries to mimic some of how Rei moves to negligible results. Sigh. She'll have to try harder... ]

That still feels like a long time.

[ To a child, time can progress in strange ways. Days of this really can stretch on, while at other times, days pass too swiftly to keep track. ]

There's a lot of damage out there... construction work is going to go on for a while, isn't it?