[ Ryoji gets it. Everything he knows of the world is what little he's seen through Minato's eyes, after all, and that makes him want to experience everything all the more now that he has his own feet to walk with, hands to touch, lungs to breathe. Or pretend to. However Shadows work.

He's quick to step next to Minato's side, but there's some reluctance to leave the stream behind, too. ]

Of course! Civilizations flourish along rivers, don't they? Why don't we follow the water, and see where it takes is?