>"I was thinking fire, but..."
>"Yeah.... no. I start throwing fires down from above the canopy, and soon the whole damn place'll be on fire."
>... would there be portable versions of those bright lights from the human village?
>You honestly have no idea. Sanae mentioned that there were a bunch of more advanced things they were working on, and that some of them weren't in general use in the village, yet. Whether or not this included portable lights is anyone's guess.
>"Do you think we've gotten turned around? It's almost out of sight, but I don't want to look away. But I'm not sure if a string of markers would be any more effective than a line in the dirt..."
>"Couldn't tell you if we're turned around or not right now, sorry. I know this place pretty well, but most of it's still just bamboo, and even I can't use that to navigate by. We walk around for a bit more, I can probably find a rock or something I recognize. But that's not much good to you at the moment."
>"... another crazy idea... have you ever tried to get in with your eyes closed? If there's some sort of illusion involved in this, visual distractions might be leading us astray."
>"Huh... It's a thought. Be lucky if you don't break your face trying it, though."