Author's note: Oh my grob! I had this chapter already finished when I posted the second chapter. Why the heck didn't I upload it? Probably because I feel like it's missing something at the end. Like, it ends too abruptly. But I don't know how to fix that, so... Here you go ^^

EDIT: Fixed. More or less...

So, um, hi again! Thank you everyone for the reviews! I'm watching the show again and I remembered this fanfiction, and the motivation came back to me! So expect more chapters soon! Oh, and I suck at describing facial expressions. I REALLY suck at it. Please help me with that ;_;

PS: I know it's been years, but... #SAVEWOY !

By the time they sat down around the fire to cook the mushrooms, it was already nighttime. It didn't take that long to gather them and make the fire, but it was already late in the planet when Wander descended on it. They had camped at a clearing of the forest, from where two moons, one refracting yellow luminiscence and the other one pink, and millions of multicolored stars, could be seen decorating the black sky.

"Pretty, huh?" said Tidsy, as he saw Wander staring at the sky in awe. "Yeah..." answered Wander, without taking his eyes off of the impressive panorama. He absentmindedly took a bite of his meal, which brought him back to reality and to his loud self "And these are delicious!".

Tidsy proudly agreed; "I know, right!? Mama taught me to pick up the best ones!"

"Your mama, eh?" said Wander through munches, then swallowed. "I have to congratulate her when we get to your home!"

After a minute of silence enjoying the food and views, Tidsy spoke again: "So... you said earlier that you were new here? In this planet? Why are you here, then? Are you a tourist?"

"Oh, well. Sorta like a tourist." Wander giggled, "I come from a lot of places! I travel around the galaxy, visiting all sorts of planets and cultures, helping people along the way with my best pal Sylvia!" He realized what he had said after he already let it out. He had been trying to avoid thinking about it, but... Will things ever be the same after what he'd done? After abandoning her like that? He had been so selfish-

His thoughts were interrupted by Tidsy calling for him. "Wander! Uh... M-mister! Hello?" Wander realized that Tidsy had said something while he was deep in thought, but didn't know what. "Sorry, what was that?" He will have time to think later.

"I said, that it is AMAZING that you're an explorer!" answered Tidsy enthusiastically. "I've wanted to be an explorer since I was little! How is it? The galaxy? I bet you've got lots of cool stories to tell!"

Wander agreed and told him about how he and Sylvia traveled from planet to planet, assisting at the wonders of each one of them, meeting many different people along the way. He told him about how they stopped Lord Hater more than once from conquering planets, how they kinda sorta saved a princess, all the unfathomable difficulties they had to face in order to return a lost sock, which turned out to be the precious imaginary friend of an evil ruler, and many more crazy stories.

As Wander talked, Tidsy interrupted here and there to ask questions, and was amazed (and sometimes even a bit incredulous) at what Wander said. After a while of listening to these tales, Tidsy started to notice something off...

"But then, where's your friend Sylvia? Don't you two always go everywhere together?"

Wander was not prepared for that question.

"We- Uuuh... W-well..." Tydsi awaited for his answer, a bit confused at his reaction but still eager to know. Wander looked at him, trying to come up with some lie as he didn't want to talk about what had happened. But as seconds went on and nothing came to his mind, he just sighed, accepting defeat. "We got separated."

"Oh, no! Did Lord Hater kidnap her? Or maybe Emperor Awesome?" he gasped, "Did Ryder come back and took her from your side!? Or, or-"

Wander interrupted him, "No, no. Nothing like that."

Tydsi was out of ideas. "Then, what happened?"

Wander looked at the fire with a tired expression. "We just... Disagreed on something."

"Oh, thank Grob!" said Tydsi, relieved. Wander, not expecting that reaction, looked at him, perplexed. "If it's just that, then you can just talk it out! I was worried for a sec, there! Haha!"

Talk it out? ... Talk it out! Wander couldn't contain a laugh. If only it were that simple... "It's more complicated than that." He said, to what Tydsi only replied with a plain "Oh".

When -for Wander's relief- it looked like Tydsi was going to let the subject go, he continued; "Well, I know I'm just a kid, but I'm really smart for my age! I promise! I can understand complicated things. I can help! I WANNA help!"

As much as Wander appreciated the offer, he was a little bit annoyed at his insistence, too; "Tydsi, I really don't want to talk about it."

He understood not to push further, "Oh well. Ok, but count on me if you ever wanna talk!" He really WAS a smart kid, after all.

For the rest of the dinner, they chatted about random things, until Wander realized mid-sentence that Tysdi had fallen asleep.

"Good night" he said softly with a tired smile, and yawned. He was ready to go to sleep, too. But as soon as he crawled into his hat as if it were a sleeping bag and closed his eyes, memories of the past day came rushing to his mind, leaving him restless.

First night without Sylvia...

Wander didn't sleep well that night.