>>6099369One last thing, you add as the three of you trek back to the campsite, this Crossroads place… is it dark too?
“As dark as anywhere else, yes.” Morook confirms in a tone usually reserved for a mother answering a toddler’s question.
That must be absolutely <span class="mu-i">bananas</span> then, right? How does anyone find their way around?
“They get creative!” Volka replies as she gently places a bowl of stew in your hands, its contents tickling your nostrils with savory, spicy goodness and tickling your eyes with steam. “Just because you can’t see doesn’t mean you can’t get around!”
Well yea, you shrug, bringing the bowl to your lips and sipping, but-oh damn, that is <span class="mu-s">GOOD</span>!
“Thanks!” Snickers Volka, “I call it <span class="mu-i">The Trail Special.</span>”
“She’s gotten very good at avoiding toxic ingredients.” Adds Morook as he too takes a sip. “But yes, being a trade hub there’s quite a few innovations present, though most of them hail from <span class="mu-b">UMBERAL</span>.”
“That’s a city to the North!” Volka helpfully adds. “A lotta Mox and Durher live there, so they come up with all kinds of crazy machines and contraptions!”
The ranger pauses as if remembering something worrying.
“... I would stay away from there for now. For all of Crossroads’ faults, it’s also probably the safest place in Zoral.”
Pause for a sec–Mox? Durher?
“Oh, they’re tiny, but really smart!” Volka explains with the tact of a grade-schooler. “Mox are kinda like Skogs in that they have scales, but they like to be around wet stuff like lakes and the sea. Durher are kinda fuzzy and cute, but don’t say that to ‘em–they get <span class="mu-i">real</span> mad!”
Uhuh. And what’s a Skog? Volka’s yellow eyes light up like Christmas trees!
“Why, <span class="mu-i">ME</span> am-err, I mean <span class="mu-i">I</span> am! We’re big and tough and we also do a lot of interesting things!”
… Like?
“Well…” She begins, drumming her claws against her shield while Morook watches with a bemused look in his eyes, “We can march for <span class="mu-i">DAYS</span>. And we’ve come up with a lot of ways to fight without seeing… there used to be a lot of Skog cities in the South, but they’re all gone now… um… oh, and Skog food is <span class="mu-s">THE BEST.</span> Sorry, Mor.”
“It’s fine–my people don’t really ‘do’ flavor.”
Good to know…
>CONTD. 