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Throwing all cautions to the wind Seth went looking in search of the wild animal that he had been warned against. The dorin knew it before Seth had left, he had a sense for what people were thinking, he had to. Before opening his shop he was a guide and had had learned how to read people. There was nothing that he could say to Seth that he hadn’t already to make him stay. He tried to depress the value that skinning the beast would be but Seth still moved forward with his quest. Alone, in a place where he hadn’t slept for some time. In a place that he didn’t know and was filled with danger.
The weather this brightening seemed to have been on his side for the only shower that happened was when Seth was inside of the shop. It was a quick and light shower that rained just enough to get everything wet. The leaves that Seth would have to push through after he would leave the narrow pathway of traveled people would eventually mark his clothing and himself as being wet. Enough to make him uncomfortable but not miserable unless he was in a grouchy mood.
There were several birds overhead that seemed to converse back and fourth in the trees. Everything seemed relatively peaceful and enjoyable. Looking for tracks proved to be useless unless Seth was looking for small animals. The tracks were small and hidden though every not and then Seth would see the oh so recognisable track of a squirrel on the ground.
His first brightening so far was proving to be empty and he wasn’t getting very far before the suns began to make their way down and the moon making it’s way up. Before too long Seth would look up and notice that the sky was getting darker and in a matter of a candle mark, make a little more he would be case into the darkness that was night.
The birds were starting to die down and the woods were growing silent in their transition between night and day. Though none of the animals in Arios slept they knew their limits and so rested their bodies during the times that they should be asleep. They knew their roles as did the more night time animals know theirs.
The biggest of Seth’s problems at the moment was deciding where to pitch his tent if he so wished to do so. It would be a better idea than staying unprotected in a wilderness that was unfamiliar. Any camper or backpacker would be able to tell Seth that. Even those that haven’t been in the woods much would know this as common sense. Then again, many of these ideas come because of wariness due to lack of sleep, whereas here in Arios it would be present weather or not he camped. One thing Seth didn’t have to worry about was falling asleep.
A little further along Seth would find a small area big enough to pitch his tent and make a campfire. The ground would be rooty and bumpy but manageable if he decided to camp here.
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