"Can I deal with those?" Aaron hummed, "You told me to build a campfire for light, didn't you? This means they have a solid and exploitable weakness."
Not willing to be outdone by the foreigner, Alyssa chimed in.
"Yes and no, sir Aaron." she said politely while shaking her head cutely, "The nightcrawlers cannot enter a place with sufficient light, but that light doesn't really harm them too much."
"Oh yeah? How do you know?" he asked back.
"I…"
"Yes, we do not know for sure." The stealth elder came to steal the spotlight with her signature mature and knowledgeable tone, "But tell me, are you willing to risk your life based on a whim?"
"I am not." Aaron shook his head firmly.
But before the mushfolk pair could feel happy about his restraint, he smirked.
"But who said I need to risk my life to test their weakness out?"
***
Time bled by faster and now the large moon hung right above their heads, hidden from the view by the thick canopy.
