[Sapphire gives him another affirmative nod as she turns to do just that.
Thankfully, she wasn't underestimating the distance. The camp's still in sight, even, if you get the right angle through the trees and squint a bit.
The tree's big, maybe four feet in diameter, laid out along the ground in big jagged chunks and clearly rotting away in places. Sapphire runs to it and jump-climbs up onto the trunk, stomping a big chunk of bark loose.]
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Thankfully, she wasn't underestimating the distance. The camp's still in sight, even, if you get the right angle through the trees and squint a bit.
The tree's big, maybe four feet in diameter, laid out along the ground in big jagged chunks and clearly rotting away in places. Sapphire runs to it and jump-climbs up onto the trunk, stomping a big chunk of bark loose.]
So dried out it ain't even heavy. See!