follow me; everything is all right.
Your agreement doesn't seem to have comforted the young girl at all. In fact, Isabel looks at you with a look of someone who's trying, and failing, to figure out what was going on. "Then... then what happened?! W-where did the cold come from? Why d-did it start to feel like... like..." Her voice trailed off but she looked up at you, a questioning look on her face.
When you hold out your hand, her hand finds itself in yours and she nodded at you. "O-okay." She started to walk forward... slowly... carefully. Her eyes turn back to look behind her before her next words reach your ears, "This place is bad. Bad bad bad. I-I want to forget all about it."
If you haven't been sucked into the words of the young girl, you might even start to notice how much longer the walk out of the forest is compared to your walk in. Don't get lost, will you? There are still dark creatures wandering about...
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