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Orion got an apple out of the backpack and after a brief inspection took a bite from it. As he started to chew he gave everybody a wry look:
“This one’s seemingly on the sour side, but it’s definitely edible. Cannibalism averted,” he spoke with a slight grin, “good thing you collected those apples Andromeda. Now, let’s go exploring. Somebody grab my shoulder strap and let’s get going. If anyone tries to grab my tail I’ll make sure to react as angry as the average cat, if not worse. Just so we’re clear,” he grumbled as he slowly started to walk. He had no idea how it would feel if someone grabbed his tail, but he didn’t really feel like finding out. At first he didn’t encounter anything new, just more of those maddening mirrors. As his irritation started to rise they stumbled across a larger room. Orion poked his head through and surveyed the room. It was pretty large and in the middle was something that resembled a map. A wide smile spread across his face.

With huge relief he immediately rushed towards it, forcing whoever had been holding on to his strap to let go. He stopped in front of the map, tossed the core of the apple aside and started to study the map with a pensive frown on his face. Absent-mindedly he started to bite on his lip. He wasn’t sure why he did that as it wasn’t a regular habit of his. Could it have been a habit the body performed subconsciously? Or was it merely something he did because he was in a body better suited for it? A man like himself looked rather silly biting on his lip. He shook his head, the map was more important than trying to uncover the finer details of swapping bodies. Soon he’d be back in his old body anyway, so it wasn’t really something worth looking into. The map on the other hand might be a help, even if the mirrors would no doubt make following a specific course extremely difficult. Realising there was no point in keeping the map to himself he raised his voice.

“Hey, everybody, get over here. I think I’ve found a map,” he cried out in delight, urging the others to come have a look. He himself wasn’t making too much progress at first glance. He wished he could blame his weak map reading skills on his new body, but truth be told, he had never been particularly good at reading maps.