Big Salmon Lake I saw fireworks from the freeway

-pulls slow ass out of a drain-

They... watch? Toad whispered, adding the rhetorical question onto what Lane told her. Toad knew well that strange, odd, bold stare of the birds. All birds seemed to have it, from the tiniest songbird to the biggest birds of prey, they all had that weird, unnerving stare. Coupled with the third eyelid, birds were overall a totally creepy critter, and Toad realized immediately what Lane meant (so she figured).

Then there were the talking woods, at which Toad made a weird frowning face and pulled her head back. It gave her a second, maybe even third chin. No, I've never heard of that. Talking woods? Do they like... Toad paused and looked around for a moment, as though afraid someone would hear them, walk?