[As a person who lives in the forest the lack of any signs of life is certainly... disturbing. It almost reminds of when the Withering was around, which thinking about now brings about a strange mix of emotions. The fact that for so much of his life the Withering (as well as Elezar) had always been such a huge concern for the people of Sumeru, but all it'd taken was two years and a bit since it's disappearance to feel it as nothing more than a fragment of a past. It's quite the reminder of exactly just how much has changed in his life in such a short period of time.

But with that being said, none of those things are actually relevant to what is going on now, so Alhaitham puts those thoughts aside for later, focusing back to the task at hand. He hears Xehanort's suggestion and nods, casting a cursory glance over to the horizon to gauge how far the shore stretches on from where they are.]

We'll meet on the other side of the island then, provided nothing comes up. <[Assuming they're gonna go in opposite directions to cover the shore here.] We'll head into the forest from there since its on higher ground.

[He'd noticed it earlier as they were circling around the island to get to a spot they could dock. There's a fair bit of an incline, with the other side having slanted up to higher terrain. In a sense the island itself could almost be one giant, sloping hill. How that plays into the situation here though remains to be seen.]