Despite the fact that I would have liked to spend the rest of the day sitting on the edge of that peak, we had soon found ourselves making our way down the mountainside in the exact same way that we had climbed it—with the help of the vines. This time—lucky for our sakes—there was nothing rushing us, which meant that we could take our time going down and being careful while doing so. It was soon after that that I found myself walking beside Matthew, stretching my footsteps so that I would be able to keep up with his naturally faster pace. He could thank the length of his legs for that wonderful fact. Admittedly, I could tell that he was trying to walk slower, which I guessed was to make it easier for me to keep up with him. Something that made me slightly uncomfortable, was that despite