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It was something of a puzzle and one that he hadn't at that point any inclination of how he might begin to solve it. He sat for a moment after the spell had worked itself. There were some of them but hardly enough to be considered the sort of swarm that had done all of the damage and he was fairly sure that Lhessa'h was quite capable of dealing with these few.
It brought him back to the quandary he faced. He could start killing them, and to some that might be a perfectly justifiable thing to do. He suspected that the dryad wouldn't be too upset if he chose that course of action. Certainly it would curb the excess that currently pushed the balance of things askew and if they were left then the rodents would kill the trees and perhaps then start to starve. In that light it would be better to kill them now and save the trees.
And yet that course of action niggled at him for a reason he couldn't quite put his finger on. The death of the rodents would serve no purpose and to kill them as some sort of punishment didn't suit him. There must be another solution, one that would solve the problem and leave all parties satisfied.
That however was somewhat easier considered than put into practice. What had made the snickhs come together like this? If he could find that reason perhaps then he could change it and allow them to disperse back to where they had come from. But he knew very little about the little animals and couldn't imagine if it was food or something else.
He squatted down for a moment to collect his thoughts since there wasn't an immediate urgency it appeared to do anything. "Your aid i seek," he addressed Her, not that he expected an answer, indeed he'd probably be dumbstruck if he did get one, but he trusted Her to help him for She was the only one who had stood by him when all others had sought only to use him. "I don't see the way forward. I know that You can See where I cannot and that I can't see the forest for the trees. Open my eyes so that I may see. Guide my feet so that I may follow the path that You have set for me." He bowed his head, closed his eyes and breathed deeply.
What to do now he wondered. If he could flood the burrows he might force the rodents out, but what would they do then? He decided that he might as well start by learning a bit more about the ones who he could find. Pulling out one of his long knives in case they turned out to be aggressive he went towards where he'd noticed the ones asleep and tried to get a closer look.
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