Ment
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Nokou hesitated noticeably. Prudence told him that it was safer to go through the forest, but curiosity urged him to figure out how those crystals worked.
"Please wait for me for a moment!"
The lizard ran into that room as fast as a nimble snake-man could, grabbed one of the crystals, and returned to his friends.
"Okay, I'm ready to go through the forest!"
Gray: "And we, of course, are great for abandoning our rescuer..."