The friends continued down the road fur some time. The first sign of civilization were the remnants of a house. A tree sprouted from the echoes of what once was. Or will be? They were surprised anyone lived in these parts. Then again, there didn't seem to be much civilzation here in the first plast.

Why was this? How long ago had these people left? Who or what caused the destruction?
There was that useless word again, in a land where time doesn't bother.

The remains of the house looked like this: