>>5345412>>5345414You equip the gerbil skin, but don't level it up for now. You bank the 1 XP you have. As it turns out, it looks like you can get another equip spot if you collect 10 XP.
You hide evidence of your crime by eating the gerbil meat, leaving behind only a gerbil skeleton.
It looks like the gerbil has a table that can be used to create mining equipment-- you just need to feed it material. Not that that's useful to you because you can only equip one thing at a time and the Gerbil Skin you have equipped is currently keeping you alive.
Night has fallen and you can hear Owls outside. Your previous knowledge tells you that you can go hunting for glowing bugs at this time of night since they like the cold temperatures. However, you risk getting caught and eaten by an owl.
