Bramblepoint With all of the faces

Wraen decided that from this point on she would refrain to use too-clever expressions and riddles, when around Korei Julia, because it seemed that she was so nervous that any distraction of this kind, did more harm than good.

"Oh, no - don't worry at all," she replied. "It's a porcupine - surely you have seen one of those before. I have seen a few wandering around Moonspear. Another edible creature, but you have to be very careful and very skilled to hunt it. Because these needles are very nasty things. Mom told me that, if they get stuck in your skin, it is almost impossible to get them out," Wraen explained.

"They don't attack and are quick to flee," she finished the brief lecture. "Now, let's look for those beaver tracks. They have to be somewhere around here."