[In return for the pat, Ray flashes a grateful smile. They both came out fine, so she shouldn't worry, right? At least, that's what she tells herself.
They don't have to go too far before the land around them starts turning to bog. Ray jumps when she sees something seem to scuttle around the leaves. Or was it the leaves themselves moving from a breeze? With how matted down from dampness things are here, she thinks that latter option is unlikely.
She holds her searching stick out in front of her like a(n admittedly feeble) weapon, and it's not until she turns to talk to the Knight that she realizes she's instinctively holding her breath. It was the only way to "hide" from the lingered back home; old, life-saving habits die hard.]
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They don't have to go too far before the land around them starts turning to bog. Ray jumps when she sees something seem to scuttle around the leaves. Or was it the leaves themselves moving from a breeze? With how matted down from dampness things are here, she thinks that latter option is unlikely.
She holds her searching stick out in front of her like a(n admittedly feeble) weapon, and it's not until she turns to talk to the Knight that she realizes she's instinctively holding her breath. It was the only way to "hide" from the lingered back home; old, life-saving habits die hard.]
Did you see that too?