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Mitsu managed to give Shun a flat expression. He knew she didn't put anything in her tea. She shook her head and pointed at the tea again before making the same gesture again hoping he would understand this time.

'Cha' She mouthed the word though she didn't speak it, smiling when it seemed Shun had finally caught on to her lesson. With that out of the way she mimicked his actions by blowing at her tea to cool it slightly. She was not as careful with her sip and the tea burned a little as it went down but it was still pretty good.

The tart was next in order and Mitsu stared at it for a moment. She didn't know the sign for pastry or for tart. It was something she was going to have to look up later. Mostly she had focused on trying to learn the things she needed to know and stuff that she thought might be useful. How pastry had eluded her vocabulary was a mystery.

Shrugging lightly to herself she lifted the pastry from its little tray and began to nibble at it, a happy light to her expression like she used to get when she enjoyed these types of things. How long had it been since she enjoyed something simple like the taste of something sweet without it being clouded by fear or worry?

Mitsu didn't seem to realized Shun was watching, she was too focused on her treat being sure to chew slowly and savor every bite. Bit by bit it finally vanished and she licked her fingers to get every crumb she could find. She continued to sip at her tea now that it was cool, looking toward Shun and following his gaze out toward the street and the various people walking by. It seemed a lot like Amity, creatures from all walks of life were here but in a much smaller scale. Would it always be this way?

Reaching over the table Mitsu tugged lightly on Shun's sleeve and pointed toward the door to silently ask him if he was ready to leave. She only had a little bit of tea left and it was in a portable cup. Mitsu was about to reach down to clean up the paper plate and napkins she had from her tart but the long vines of a plant was already reaching for it, sweeping it off the table and into a large grinding mouth in the middle of the plant.

As she stood from her seat Mitsu pulled her backpack back on and reached for Shun's hand as well as they continued on their journey. They path took them directly from the cafe and toward the train station where Shun stopped to regard the map. It was a network of grids and different train stops, a listing of times off to the side. There was so much going on it was difficult to determine what was what. Was that a town or a point of interest?

Her eyes continued to scan the board until something else caught her attention. It was a sign with a blacked out mini pet on it and a red circle with a line over the top of it. No mini pets allowed. She stared at it a moment longer until Shun asked her a question and Mitsu turned her attention back to the map trying to make heads and tails of everything that was there.

Her fingers trailed along the top looking for anything that looked like Howling Crest but there wasn't even a train stop listed that started with H. Frowning she looked the map over again just to be sure but finally shook her head. It wasn't on the map. Did it not exist? Maybe...it wasn't there anymore? The thought saddened her since she was missing out on seeing the place her dad grew up once again.

Mitsu was busy scanning the map a third time but eventually just nodded. Perhaps the further north they went the more likely they would be to find a map that had Howling Crest on it. It certainly wasn't on this map but that didn't mean it didn't exist. At least that's what she had to keep telling herself. It was the place her father grew up and not just bedtime stories to lull her to sleep.

"Which train?" Her voice was a little rough but her eyes were scanning the different routes and arrival times. If Shun could point out the line they needed she could probably find the next arrival time so they would know when they needed to leave.

Nodding Mitsu looked for the name of the line and then checked the schedule. She seemed to stare at the schedule for a moment her eyes growing a little wider before she pulled out her phone to look at the time. There was no explanation after that as she looked to the tracks to see if anything was coming before getting behind Shun and trying to push him toward the ticket booth.

"Hurry Hurry!" Her ears twitched as she heard the approaching train and only tried to push Shun faster.

The rushing had turned from her pushing to him pulling her along with haste. She followed as fast as she could through the people to the ticket booth, throwing her hands in front of herself to keep from slamming into it. The extra weight of the backpack made it a little hard to stop.

Shun was already in the process of getting the tickets but the lycan fidgeted waiting through the ticket master's agonizingly slow progress. With the tickets finally in hand it was all hustling again as the train arrived until they were finally on board with no risk of being left behind. There Mitsu finally relaxed placing a hand over her beating heart.

"Ah.." Too much excitement too fast. Walking for a long time she could handle but she had been doubtful for a moment if they would make it. Reaching for Shun's arm she took hold as he made his way through the train to a more secluded area before placing his bag down and had a seat.

Shuffling her bag off her shoulders Mitsu set it down lightly beside her on the ground before having a seat herself. Again she nodded, it seemed they had indeed just made it considering the train was nearly boarded and there was a call that they would be leaving shortly.