"I have a question," Azel said as he brushed aside yet another branch.
The forest of the Familiar Zone seemed endless, trees pressing in at every angle, each one larger than the last.
Some of the trunks were so wide ten men holding hands wouldn't be able to encircle them.
Yes they were beautiful but still, the branches snagged at his shirt and hair, making the whole experience far less mystical than it probably should have been.
With an annoyed grunt, he bent his knees and pushed off the ground.
His body shot upward in a burst of strength, landing on a thick branch that dipped slightly under his weight before holding firm.
He exhaled, crouched, and leapt again. Soon he was hopping from branch to branch, moving through the upper canopy with ease, every landing sending small showers of luminescent leaves tumbling down to the forest floor.
"First of all," he continued while vaulting over a gap, "what's this whole Divine Apprentice thing?"
