[SE] burned us down

Sohalia

Don't try to wake me up
Even if the sun really does come out tomorrow

Sohalia had had enough of the Void flora and fauna in the Greatwood - her months-long illness had seen to that - and had fled to King's End in the vain hope that perhaps she would be safer there, among friends like Sunjata and Talyson. And yet, despite her best efforts, here she was, staring down Void creatures again. Only this time, she was determined not to let them hurt her - or, for that matter, anyone else. It might not make a huge difference, of course, but if she could even get rid of a few of the plants or animals that had begun to take over King's End, then perhaps it would be a little safer for them all.

So she stood at the edge of a creek, gazing distastefully into the shallows, where a few Void River Stars had clustered. She'd seen them first in the Greatwood, and their ability to drain the life-force from their victims was no joke. She remembered very little of the past few months, but she did recall getting one of these stuck to an ankle. Despite their small size, they packed a punch. It had been at the very beginning of her self-imposed exile, and if she thought back, she figured it had been the beginning of her illness, too.

But how to destroy them? Tarak perched in a tree above her head, watching intently. He could use his fire breath on the creatures, but they were underwater, and to get them out would mean touching them - which was was not particularly eager to do. Soh chewed on her lower lip. Perhaps there was a branch or something nearby that she could use to flip them out of the water. Then Tarak could incinerate them, and this part of King's End might be marginally less infected.

Don't believe anything you say anymore
In the morn, in the morning