Otter Creek All my flowers grew back as thorns.

"Oh - haven't heard of a character with that name," Wraen replied, though Tomkin's name reminded her a bit of a bird, but she was not too sure. "What does he look like? I could take the message home and we could keep on a lookout, if your brother happens to be nearby," was the best she could offer at this moment.

"I have not explored much of the Southern terrain, but from, what I have seen, where I live, there are many paths up there and it is easy to get lost. Besides there are a lot of barren lands, where no prey lives at all. So - if I were you, I would not head in the mountains, unless you were very sure, where you have to get to."