Al looked down to his food, pushing it around a bit before taking another bite. "If we just stay in we'll never find a way out of here, though. Even if you don't feel like you're making any progress, you have to keep going to find that next bit of information."

He smiles a bit. "I know I probably sound naive, but if you have people to rely on and work with, I'd bet it's possible to find a way home again." Hadn't he and Ed traveled after a folk tale for years themselves, with little more than a few rumors to go on?