[PQ+] despite the darkness

M i l d e w

Stars move slowly in a silvery night
Far away on the other side

It had been a while since she had seen so many people at once in the swamp; as Mildew turned to walk back towards her home, where the Mathair had been staying now for some time, she worried they might not all be able to balance on the branches she used for walking on, or that one of the men might prove too heavy for her stepping stones; oh well. They'd get a muddy bottom for it, and everyone had to get that lesson from the Feverlands sooner or later.

"This way." Stepping between the trees she came through, Mildew pushed aside a curtain of vines and began to walk on, clearly very familiar with her environment; her feet carefully picked out the right places to stand on wood, stone and hard mud without her looking. "I think she will be quite excited to get back home. This place must be lonely, compared to the Greatwood."

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Mildew leads the way back towards her house.

Will you come to talk with me this night?
But she couldn't find how to push through