Shadewood Smoky blues

"Not too long ago I saw the ocean for the first time in my life as well," Apple related to Phex's experience. Her excitement had been more muted though, but she still thought it was remarkable that such a seemingly never-ending space of useless water existed. She had tried to drink it, but it had been so salty and foul tasting, that she had spat it out immediately. On the other hand, the creatures she had spied on, who dwelled there and thrived, did not seem to mind the saltwater. Maybe they had adapted to these conditions in a way Apple could not and would not.

"Kind of an extreme game, it seems to me," Apple remarked, because she did not see any fun in being pinched. On the other hand, it was her age talking. She had done a lot of reckless and silly things in her youth that she considered now as... not so great at all. "Can you eat those orange critters? Or the game is simply to avoid being pinched?"