Blackbeak Bluff Welcome to paradise

She hovered there, observing, until Gavriel's voice broke through her concentration. She slithered back from the ledge, making eye contact with her companion. "There's a lot of nests on the rock wall. But it would be very dangerous to try getting at them," Wildfire admitted with a muted sigh. "Still," she added after a breath, "something to keep in mind." Here was an alternative food source if times were ever particularly desperate... and she had a bad feeling about all this damage the locusts had done.

"I guess the earlier we go to sleep, the earlier we wake up and the earlier we get back home," a slightly resigned and very hungry young ranger said, flopping down a few feet from her traveling companion. "You know, we covered a lot of ground, especially considering it was technically a failed mission. I'm pretty sure we created our very own scenic loop. Except it wasn't particularly scenic." She blinked, the setting sun casting long shadows over her face as she finally glanced inland to stare at the overwrought wilderness behind them. The sight caused a painful pang in her chest.