After their meal, they rested in the glade for a while; they talked and laughed and enjoyed the beauty of the nature surrounding them. They lay with their back on the grass and their arms behind their heads; and Adrien was about to doze off when Val suddenly sat up. "We should head back to the tower", he said. "I think it might rain".
"Aw, that's too bad", Adrien said. He slowly stood and picked up the bag, then turned towards the path behind; but Val stopped him.
"Let's take a different path this time", he said, gesturing at another way that opened past a large tree trunk. "It is less scenic, but much shorter".
