Credit to @PrincessLindsey for what Eli and Aeryn find in this chapter.

Hope you don't mind the really frequent updates, you've been giving me some really good ideas and I can't stop writing them. xD

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E: "Aeryn! Aeryn, look!"

A: "If you're not signalling me to collect another fascinating leaf for your art starters, please shush."

E: "This is even better, look!"

A: "...wow!"

E: "I know, a real treehouse!"

A: "I've only ever seen them in movies, I've never seen one in real life."

E: "Let's climb up to it!"

A: "Eli, we can't! It's not ours!"

E: "Oh, come on!"

A: "Eli, stop."

E: "..."

A: "You're going to get in so much trouble if the owner finds you."

E: "It's completely empty and no one even lives around here."

A: "So?"

E: "So, it was obviously built for anyone who finds it to use. And that's us."

A: "Your logic is flawed."

E: "But it's still logic, so get your ass up here."

A: "...how do I get up?"

E: "That's my girl. Okay, there's a rope and foot-holes in the tree on this side, just slowly climb up."

A: "Okay, hang on...I'm up!"

E: "This is so cool, right?"

A: "Yeah, I wish this was really ours."

E: "It is now, Aeryn."

A: "Not really, you haven't-"

E: "ATTENTION-"

A: "Eli!"

E: "-THIS TREEHOUSE IS NOW THE SOLE PROPERTY OF MYSELF, ELI, AND THE FAIR MAIDEN PROTESTING BESIDE ME, AERYN."

A: "I don't even think there is anyone here to hear your shouting!"

E: "IF YOU TRY TO TAKE OUR FORT, WE WILL USE FORCE AGAINST YOU."

A: "We don't have any 'force', Eli!"

E: "They don't know that."

A: "They don't exist, there's no one here!"

E: "I obviously scared them away."

A: "I have no words for you."

E: "Aeryn, we have our own secret hideout!"

A: "...this is amazing."

E: "We can come here all the time, we can bring stuff out here to do, oh my God, this is great! We could even do homework out here, it would be a bit more entertaining whilst many feet off the ground."

A: "I don't think you're well Eli, you're suggesting we do homework."

E: "I do my homework!"

A: "I do your homework."

E: "It's a team effort."

A: "Uh-huh."

E: "...hey, er, Aeryn?"

A: "Yeah?"

E: "Do you know the way back home?"

A: "Nope."

E: "Ah."

A: "Oops."