Sun Mote Copse you stay on my mind

Uh... Eljay actually wasn't too sure how to go about that. Try them, he supposed, but as soon as he had that thought he realised how stupid it was. Maybe just avoid the mushrooms altogether, then. Wraen said something that her mother had told her that'd kept her from eating them, but honestly, Eljay wasn't too sure it would work. Elfie and Weejay were very curious and he worried they might try it anyway, just to see how it would taste to see it evaporate. I don't know, he said with a frown. They might try it all the same just to check. Better to avoid the mushrooms, then. So no clearing with mushrooms. They'd find a clearing without mushrooms, surely. He knew a lot more about plants, so he could make sure there were no dangerous ones there.

Wraen called him out on the plan to bring adults to accompany the kids. Eljay frowned and looked away, clearly distraught when she asked him what sort of scary treasure hunts he'd been taken onto. He felt caught out by this, and it was a confirmation of what a coward he was and had always been. Eljay didn't like to be reminded of that.

Yes, alright, so perhaps his fear was a little unreasonable at times, but he just wanted to be sure. They might get hurt, he said. I don't want Weejay or Elfie to go unless I come with them. It wasn't a suggestion - it was a demand. Eljay didn't want to hold them back but he wanted them to get hurt even less. Wraen had already said that he could organise a team of adults, so he decided he would go for that.