Fun and adventure. Truthfully, Natty's sense of adventure was confined almost entirely to his writing. He'd penned epic tales of journeys and danger, rarely reflected in his own life. So he was curious to be swept along on one of Winnie's making, quietly entertained by the young man's enthusiasm.

They were cast in fell shadow as they stepped into the forest hand-in-electric-hand.

Natty nodded as they looked up at the canopy. "Hm. A darkling frontier", he mused without thinking. He'd written an entire novel on vampires of the forest — and yet had not met one. At least... not as far as he was aware.