Emerald asks if she maybe has a compass from Sunshine that works like the one he has for Joyride.

"Nope." Joyride says with a sigh.

Emerald also comments that maybe there is some sort of magic that is preventing the letter from reaching her, kind of like how Lord Sepulcher's forest was protected from that kind of thing.

"Not very likely. The letters wouldn't have come back if that were the case. They just would have stayed in the ether until they could get to her. You got the letters we sent after leaving the forest, right?" Joyride says.

That was true... Oh!

The colt asks how long he's been asleep, and begins to dive into his bag. He forgot to tell Ruby where he was going.

"Let me do it." Joyride says. She takes a quill and parchment out of her mantle and flicks them in the air and catches them magically. She then starts writing a letter as she pulls her dragonfire lantern out of her clothes. She sends it off, and after a second says, "I'm glad that you two are so close that you think she'd worry about you for being gone for a few hours. You two take good care of each other no matter what, alright?"

Emerald says that he will, but also says that Ruby would almost certainly worry about Joyride if she were to disappear as well. Emerald also adds that he can't promise he'll stack up to his possible mother, but he'll definitely be there for her. He says that he is glad that he met her, and that she is the closest thing the colt has to a family along with Ruby.

"Heh, that's pretty sad." Joyride says, letting a small grin crease her lips for the first time since he's been here, "Hey, have you had any breakfast yet? Let's go eat. There is a village a little ways away. Oh, and leave that blanket behind. It's filthy."

And so they walk, and it isn't for a good 15 minutes before Emerald starts to spot a town slightly in the distance.

What does Emerald do?

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