"Choices that I will make," said Ceros comfortingly. "This burden doesn’t fall upon your shoulders Ihwesta, please." Then turning to the rest of the group he said, "We can either wait here until it passes—"
"IF it passes," Ihwesta cut in.
"Or," Ceros continued firmly, "we can risk moving through it, perhaps getting past the fog entirely, as long as we stay together. Are there any suggestions?"
Eruwen stared at Ceros blankly as he spoke. She began to feel a little uneasy about the entire predicament they were in, and she began to throw out foolish words as she spoke her mind freely.
"I’m not trying to be negative about this whole thing," she said. "But neither of the choices sound very good to me. If we stay here, then whatever’s out there will eventually find us and attack us without warning. But if we go, then there is the risk of everyone getting lost and maybe even dead. So either way, we’re done for."
As Eruwen looked around at everyone’s vivid expressions of curiosity at her words, she quickly came back to her senses.
"But if you ask me, I’d say we try and find a way out of the fog," she added in. "That way we’d at least have a chance for survival."
Ceros nodded his head slowly as he stared back at the Elf. Eruwen lowered her head shyly, irritated at her own words, as she listened to the silence of the woods.
"Alright then, anyone else?" Ceros began turning to the remainder of the company.
Many other Elves spoke up and gave their opinion on the matter, and eventually it was decided that they journey through the fog. Eruwen now grew silent as they rode through the eerie darkness surrounding them. Although she knew she could not turn back on the quest, she regretted not listening to her brother’s words. She looked around into the eyes of a few others Elves around her but saw only solemn looks from all. Eruwen returned to her position of staring forward blankly into the murky wood and never turned her head again for many hours. Continuously thoughts of regret and sorrow filled her mind, but fright of this unknown fear surpassed all other feelings.
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