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Zecora was slightly frustrated with being so helpless and unable to climb a tree. "Are you sure? If it is such a long way up, you should not hurt yourself," she felt a little like a burden. Whatever was up there, he seemed really excited. "Why can't you tell me?" she asked, anticipation building as she grabbed onto the vines that he had made for her. Zecora poked him playfully, "Tell me what it is you found, Enki."

Zecora held on as he suggested, watching as they moved up. Were those... spears...? Zecora was slightly concerned. To her it didn't look like a staircase, it looked like someone had climbed a tree and was pursued by a hunting party with spears. Now the question was... who was at fault, the creature in the trees or the creatures with the spears. Zecora wondered about the possibility of running into either up in the tree, wherever Enki was taking her, and what sort of fate they had. "No, I suppose you are right." Zecora said breaking away from her thought. She was certain she was in for some sort of surprise, and while Enki seemed to believe it was a good surprise, Zecora worried about the lurking dangers.

Zecora's eyes grew wider as the hut came into her view. It was lighter up here then it was in the forest, since the moon shone through the leaves, but it was hard to see all of the details of it in the night darkness, but its mere presence gave her even more questions. The biggest question of all was if anyone still lived here. "Hmm..." Zecora did not want to voice her thoughts and break Enki's spirit, he was so excited about his discovery. "You have done well, Enki." she told him as she undid herself from the vines. "Dis is good ting." Zecora smiled at him. "Do you tink we should wait until daylight to explore doe." She remembered the bags, "Unless we have another source of light."

Zecora stared at Enki, even though he admitted it would be safer, for a moment it seemed like he wanted to ignore the safer option. She was relieved that he had questions too, it had seemed like he had been too quick to jump to happy conclusions. "Faun... if it was faun, dese huts be very, very old. From what I have gathered of your histories there was no faun here for a very long time..." Zecora did not have much experience with pae-types other then faun and Enki who was half-faun so it was hard for her to tell if they had or had not lived here. "Mayhaps we will know with the exploration of de homes." Zecora said hopefully. "You want te explore dis one now?" Zecora asked pointing to the closest one. If it was safe, they could rest in it for the night and resume their explorations in the morning light.

Zecora smiled lightly and nodded her head. "It does seem like a good place. I wonder if there is some other way to get up here farther along." Zecora went thinking about their previous conversation on who had lived here before and who it was possible to live up here now. If the spears were the only way up, then the previous residents likely flew up. As she followed Enki into the tree-hut, her eyes winced at the darkness. "Dat was silly of me, leaving my pack down dere." She said with a light facepalm. There was probably a better source of light then the moon in her pack.

Zecora thought about it for a while, looking around in the darkness. It was possible that they could just trust this hut, feel around for a little bit until they find something comfy and wait until the morning to see what they slept in. Zecora's mind was suddenly filled with visions of skeletons on the floor from whatever ancient people once lived here. It wasn't that she was particularly frightened of skeletons, but she didn't want to disturb the remains. "Yes, perhaps we should get de packs." Zecora decided as she headed back out the door. "I will be waiting for you out here, if dis is alright?"

Zecora was nervous for Enki, sending him back down below where the creatures of the jungle lurked. She at least was assuming that none of the dangerous creatures were lurking up here. At least she could see in the moonlight, though to think about it, perhaps the remnant embers of the fire would help him down there. "Enki..." she sighed a sigh of relief when he showed up, it had seemed like he had been gone for an eternity. Whether it had actually been a long time or not, she wasn't certain.

"Did you find dem?" Perhaps that was why it had taken so long, was it possible they had stolen. They had left the bags right next to the hammock... Zecora could recall exactly where they were. When she had confirmed that he had them she said, "Quick, pull out de lights."

Zecora smiled softly at the male, they had been through so much today, she hoped it would be over once they found a place to lay. She hoped there was a place to lay. While Enki was searching for a lantern, Zecora was digging around for the matches. She pulled them out and quickly lit the lantern he had handed her, casting dramatic shadows on the treetop village. "Yes... it has been most long," she agreed sadly as she shone the lantern into the hut.

No skeletons. The place looked long abandoned. Things were skewed and thrown everywhere, but how recent or long ago this apparent ransacking took place, Zecora did not know. In one corner was a simple bed, material covered in a cloth sheet with holes in it, likely caused by bugs. That was all Zecora cared about now. It smelled musty and dusty in here, but it didn't matter. There was someplace to sleep, safe and sound now.