[Flashback - part two]
Circa anno 1698
Mason kept a safe distance from Zack who still seemed to be in a bit of a mood.
He was distracted and wandered around the woods aimlessly, with Mason not far behind him.
"You know, we'll never catch anything this way..." he murmured quietly.
Zack paused and looked at his brother, puzzled.
"What..? Oh, right.. Well, what are we trying to catch anyway? We both know that the only reason you wanted me to come out here was to distract me from my own thoughts"
"You're not wrong" Mason added, scratching the back of his neck with an apologetic expression on his face
"Did it work?"
Zack did not respond, but once again seemed lost in thought as he suddenly went in a different direction, as if he had gotten a hint of something in the distance.
"I guess not, huh..."
Mason's voice was quiet but he could not keep the amusement out of his voice as he spoke, carefully avoiding branches and twigs on the ground as he followed his brother.