Second Gift

The next place they appeared in was a place filled with nothing but rusting iron buildings, houses, walls, and even the ground was made out of iron with patches of orange around it. 

"It smells so heavily of iron here." Ace remarked, covering his nose with his fingers. "Ugh. I don't like it." 

"Well, I wonder why it smells so heavily of iron," Cleo said, walking beside the boy with a smug look on its face. 

Ace only gave it an exasperated sigh, "Ha. Ha. Very clever." 

"You were the one being dumb, not me," Cleo said as they continued to walk past the deserted buildings, down the deserted town. "Why do you have that exasperated look on your face?" 

"What exasperated look?" Ace asked, looking at the large fox with the same expression that he had previously had. 

"That one." The fox said, frowning. "You are looking at me like you are talking to a child or something."