"Wait!" Her mother says again, and Callirhoe prepares for another plea from her mother to stay. "Let me pack you some food. You might be fast, but Delphi's almost 100 miles from here, on not great roads. You'll need to eat on the way. You'll need a bedroll too, maybe a flint for a campfire, and a..."
3 Days Later
Callirhoe finds herself huffing and puffing with exertion as she moves through thicket and branch. As her mother had said, the roads to Delphi have been allowed to decay, and this stretch passing through a forest has largely been reclaimed by Gaia, the old cobblestones overtaken by roots, and even with her speed, she's had to slow down not to trip. Her stomach grumbles, and she starts wishing she hadn't eaten so much of her supplies during the last few days. Suddenly, she begins to smell smoke through the trees, and her mind immediately imagines a fire being prepared to cook some meat. Following her nose, she pushes past some trees to see that she's finally made it out of the forest, with a village just ahead.
The young woman hears screams coming from the village, and several people run away in panic.