[SE] the portals of the night

"Ah, arguably the most important part," Amhran agrees with a gentle laugh. "Everything else is rather a nice to have when you consider how important it is to know what will and won't harm you. Lilies can be toxic, for example. Lethal to some animals, but even for us, they can make us sick." Not that he'd want to put such a beautiful flower into his mouth - and if he thinks about it, the flecks within the petals that look like stars do also sort of scream warning, too. Replanting another of the flowers with soil dirtying his gloves and a smear of it on his cheek, Amhran is nevertheless in his element, as Noah has rightly surmised. "It's a bit like us when we go somewhere new, right?" he says of the shock to the plants. "It takes a bit of time for us to get our bearings, know where we're going and where we're comfortable." amhran amhran