"Really?! You gotta let me know how you keep 'em away," came his mumbled reply as Red shoved aside a branch in passing. Sure, this little trip through the woods might have been a clear path for her, but her tall tank kept taking the occasional branch to the face.

It didn't help, of course, that the day had long since turned to twilight and soon onto nightfall, and it was getting a bit difficult to watch his step.

"What'cha got growing there, anyway? Parsley?"