Neverwinter Forest a distant land caused me to linger

The grouse had been dispatched with but the time he spied her out, not at all far from where she had remained. By then she was coming to meet him, a remark steafast on her lips as they gave each other once overs. She had obviously gotten the better deal, or at least he thought so, but didn't seem any worse for wear. Certainly not as reeling from surprise in their recent turn of events, though even that was faded now.

As she gestured to the burr with her snout, he craned his head to see. It was out of reach and with a relenting sigh he nodded. She would have the honors, and at least it wasn't lodged too inconveniently, nor tucked and tangled in the heavy coat of winter he sported.

"Damned things, there's always one," he said, wagering there was probably more than one. "Better there than my feet." For once, he was as pain-free as he possibly could be. Travel had done its share of wearing him down and it showed, but at least he was in decent enough shape to keep on going.

"And at least you got the bird. Beats the weasel, though it's tender. He had a good summer." And barring the obvious musk, wouldn't make a bad offering either.