the earth has music for those who listen
It is a sapling, Tal, is what Mateo would have explained if the courier had asked. That is a type of young tree, and this one should grow up to be big and strong in the right conditions. "Oh sure," he trills of projects in Stormbreak, "and I guess I could have just used the Celestine to find different flora and fauna from Torchline and here. But I like to go different places," he explains airily.
The too-friendly vine actualy turns out to be a hanging snake, and Mateo happily welcomes it onto his shoulders for a ride and grins to the Walking Palm as it tries to spider its way to the other side of its little wheeled prison. "You have? I have never met Them at all. What are they like?" Maybe he could get an unbiased opinion, given that the others he's asked are all family.
The too-friendly vine actualy turns out to be a hanging snake, and Mateo happily welcomes it onto his shoulders for a ride and grins to the Walking Palm as it tries to spider its way to the other side of its little wheeled prison. "You have? I have never met Them at all. What are they like?" Maybe he could get an unbiased opinion, given that the others he's asked are all family.
