Eldarin set his feet firmly and turned to face the light that came nearer and nearer, ready to fight off whatever it was. But to his surprise he found it was only a fox, it barely came up to his knees. Still he'd been attacked by a killer plant earlier today so the cuteness was somewhat wasted on him. Still, he relaxed somewhat and made a shooing gesture with his buckler. [b]"Run along foxy, I've got a lot of ground to cover and I'm reluctant to try sleeping here."[/b] in these woods he was sure any attempt at sleep would be rewarded with death. Which was of course sleep in its own way, but Eldarin had no interest in that.