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Yeah! said Gideon with a proud little huff of air. He splayed his forelegs and pushed out his chest and flung his tails high in the sky. No Snargledegrumps ever beat me! Except that one time. But no more!

Truth be told, Gideon wasn't very brave, he just pretended to be. Being out in the evening was both super cool and a little scary. The shadows were longer and deeper, and Rivenwood felt heavier somehow. There were dark swooping creatures in the orange-tinged sky when he looked up. They didn't look like any birds he had ever seen. He wanted to ask what they were, but didn't want to shatter his mom's belief that he was very brave, so he strutted along full of false bravado and silently wished Ezra was with him. Ezra was much braver.

Curiosity got the better of his trepidation when Heda motioned to the tree and told him about the snake auntie Druid had brought. He scampered forth to sniff around the log where Bracelet had been found, but he hadn't the faintest idea what a snake smelled like, so he couldn't really say whether that musty and sort of fungal smell was a snake or something else. What's a bracelet? he idly asked, squinting to try to see into the dark belly of the log.