Lost

Being alone on Earth is not an easy deal, especially for someone like him. He is not sure where to go, but he is aware he needs a place where people won't see him.
It takes him two days to find a decent and hidden place. Once there, without eating nor anything, he starts his attempts to create a portal.
He has the good idea to use his bow in the process and that manages to speed things up in at least creating a spark of a portal. He keeps shooting arrows having only one thing in mind, returning to Nortrig. Shooting and shooting, eventually something sensed comes out and he jumps through without too many thoughts. It doesn't bring him exactly near Lianxi. It is night and he starts wandering the wilds to figure out where he ended up. At least he finds the environment definitely less hostile than the streets on Earth. He hunts a rabbit and roasts it, he was very hungry.
He looks for a river, to begin with, since he is thirsty and it could lead to some auriold feud nearby.

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Hudie "If he doesn't know me, he won't think anything, so I would better leave before I do something unpleasant that would bother him." He is starting to panic.
"Xiao?" He tries to think about something but nothing in particular comes to his mind about it but he feels like it should. "Xiao...
You'll show me the way?" His eyes widen, being surprised, but also suspicious where he might actually take him. "Wait for me!" He runs after him to try to not loose him. "Xiao!"

Jing_Yuan «You know him, but he doesn't know you. How would you know of him, if this is your first time here?» He underestimates how famous TiHao is, abroad.
His name doesn't really mean anything, it's just similar to average Qiu names.
«I will show you the way, but I won't get close enough to be seen by them. I won't save you if they catch you and drag you inside, like with the other boy.»
He stops to make sure Hudie is still after him, from time to time, but he doesn't slow down. That's as slow as he can go.
At a sustained, swift pace, Wutian appears at the horizon after a couple of hours. He stops atop a hill that overlooks the city.

Hudie "He hasn't been only here in his life...how long have you been with him? Probably not long..." He guesses, since TiHao has been with them for quite some time.
By now iao is the new hao.
"It is fine if they do it, they should be able to recognize me. Once there, I'll be able to figure out properly my next strategy." He is not even sure where he is so he finds it difficult to make a strategy how to move to find HuoShi.
He is trained so he doesn't struggle much to keep going after him, even in the forest. He is so relieved when he sees something familiar, even if surrounded by that strange barrier. "Xiao, xiexie!" One of his first thanks, he should be touched.

Jing_Yuan He doesn't reply to the question. Getting him to reveal any details about himself is almost impossible.
The fact is Xiao and not Xi-hao is why it gives a doubt and not a clear certainty.
«Whichever strategy caused you to get so close to our borders is extremely lackluster and i would consider to consult someone with better strategical skills.» Hudie doesn't realise how lucky he was to meet Xiao.
He disappears almost right after hearing Hudie's thankings, moving so fast in the dark that it's as if he had teleported away.

Hudie "I needed to find a feud, I saw buildings so I gave a try...don't blame me, it is the only thing I could do."
He moves his gaze on Wutian, then on Xiao, but doesn't make it in time to ask what he wanted that he is gone. "Xiao! Xiao?" He looks around. "Fuck it...I can't loose any more time, I have to find HuoShi."