[open] [voicetesting] from out of the woods

[aperture_monster]

The walk away from Aperture had been a long one, and Chell had been encumbered the entire journey by the companion cube. Though it was made of a lightweight material it was big and bulky, and it was difficult to carry it or roll it around as she traversed through the grassy fields (wheat, a vague memory supplied her), which gradually turned into hills and then mountains, while the wheat turned into a hodgepodge of wild flowers and grasses before finally melting away when the terrain became covered with towering pines and fir trees.

( Cut for mention of animal death, sickness, and gross bodily functions. )