"Have fun with that," Aliana said twisting the straps of her bag. If she was to be truthful she still didn't know the full story either. The only thing anyone had ever told is that she just showed up one day when she was still a baby, and her family took her in. Aliana wanted to know, but any questions she had got shut down immediately.
Hatta nodded. "Hmm." He replied. "I will." He smirked lightly at her.
Aliana rolled her eyes before feeling bad for doing so, “Anything else you might have forgotten?”
"I don't know." Hatta replied with an artful shrug. "I might have forgotten quite a lot, but I don't remember."
"Of course you don't," Aliana responded, "Because we won't know if you've forgotten until you remember."
"Exactly." Hatta replied with a grin. "The madness must be catching today." He winked, still walking.
"More like reasoning," Aliana fired back though her voice clearly teasing, "Though I do say I've been quite mad as of late."
Hatta chuckled. "Mm, i see." He replied. "Like I said. Must be contagious."
Aliana laughed, "That must be it."
Hatta winked at her, and kept walking down the road, whistling. "Find the maze, find the well, find the sword." He mumbled.
Aliana made a slight hum and continued walking with him. She hoped that the maze would come soon.
Hatta made an abrupt turn off the road. "Come on." He said over his shoulder.
Aliana stumbled a little before rushing to catch up with him, "Is the maze this way?"
Hatta nodded. "Yup." he replied with a grin. "At least, I think so."
"You think so," Aliana repeated slowly coming to a slight halt before going to catch up with him again, "You're not positive?"
"When am I ever sure about something, Aliana?" Hatta asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Never," Aliana said letting a slight sigh out, "I should know better than now, sorry."
"It's fine." Hatta replied with a shrug. "Don't worry too much about it."
"I, uh, won't," Aliana had never heard that before. She brushed it off and continued to walk.
Hatta smirked a little. "Come on." he kept moving through the woods, brushing branches out of his way.
Aliana couldn't read why he was smirking but followed on defending herself from the branches. She had to keep the branches out of her way and not get whopped by the branches Hatta was letting go of.
Hatta kept moving. Eventually, they hit a little stone path that was mostly overgrown by grass.
Aliana heard her shoes click a little as they hit the stone. She looked to Hatta, "Does this mean the maze is close?"
He nodded. "Yes. This is the beginning of the pathway." he replied.
"Great!" Aliana grinned over at Hatta. Letting her feet hit the stone a few more times than necessary, "Let's do this."