The next day, while they were still wondering quite what to do about Spellsword, Creature made it worse. Shield and Litany had been talking, Spellsword in a foal shaped puddle on the ground between them seeming rather comfortable. Shield had heard a rustle, and glanced up - Creature shambling back into view from the rocky terrain beyond the camp. That was all 'normal', if you didn't consider that it involved Creature. There was a wobbly, scant, uncertain little shape moving afte...

Crispin had tied a string around the beast's body, almost akin to a harness. Attaching the end of the line to a fire ant he had found in their travels after the.. creatureling had shown interest in it. This was largely successful after the little beast had stopped chewing on the line, seeming almost mesmerized by the ant.   Crispin faced a new challenge now, getting the ant to follow him. A deep an...

There was a lit brazier just in front of them. It wasn't hot, and it had a blue flame - in fact it had a cooling effect, so Shield swiftly trotted over and gently pulled the foal - Spellsword from his back, and set him in front of the cool flame. He'd worried about a baby getting too hot down here, they tended to run warm instead of cold at the best of times... Spellsword pressed up to the side of the brazier, little tail waggling happily. "Don't touch the flame part." Shield mu...