Nina followed along in relative silence, content to allow Marcus to take the lead. While proud, she knew better than to allow her ego to take precedence while out on the tundra. That mentality had gotten many people killed, and she was not about to be one of them. So when Marcus lifted a hand, signaling a halt, Nina paused immediately, reaching for her magic instinctively, just in case it was danger and not moonshrooms that drew the young man's attention.
Fortunately, her caution proved unnecessary. Marcus seemed to find whatever he was looking for, and they closed the distance to a spot that glowed faintly from between cracked ice. The moonshrooms, when she saw them, were delicate and pretty. Hopefully Safrin would like them. "I will look this way," she said before wandering towards the west, peering at the ground as she walked. It was only a few steps later that she saw the telltale glow and knelt, drawing a knife from her boot and beginning to cut the stems.
Fortunately, her caution proved unnecessary. Marcus seemed to find whatever he was looking for, and they closed the distance to a spot that glowed faintly from between cracked ice. The moonshrooms, when she saw them, were delicate and pretty. Hopefully Safrin would like them. "I will look this way," she said before wandering towards the west, peering at the ground as she walked. It was only a few steps later that she saw the telltale glow and knelt, drawing a knife from her boot and beginning to cut the stems.
Nina
