Raven jumped up and grabbed a lower branch, pulling himself up. "Thanks for the warning kid... I thought the ground was a bit unstable. I'm surprised it was being so slow and casual about it. Weird."

He looked down at the mud and yelled down at it. "Hey, can you please leave us alone?! I'd rather not deal with you making me all filthy, and you know, dead!" Raven was getting a little ticked off by this thing always being around and being a bugger.