The first week of Eric's life felt oddly familiar to the one he had before, with him doing everything in autopilot, and just like before he managed to truly feel in control, this time much faster than before thankfully. Now with all his mental faculties, it was time to do some exploring. At his current form it would seem foolish to go too far given that the whole cave was filled with numerous and possibly deadly creatures, which combined with the fact that he didn't know the area, meant that it could be pretty easy to get lost and end up as food. Limiting himself to the things near him, two things caught his attention; the blue crystals or “shinies” as they were called by his fellow goblins that were.on the walls of the cave and the green herbs that grew around the pool of water. How they grew in a place with little to no light piqued Eric’s curiosity and so he decided to grab some herbs and examine them.

Before he headed out, Eric grabbed a small rock with a sharp end, just in case he would need to defend himself. Very cautiously and slowly he made his way down to the herbs. Briefly seeing his face in the reflection, Eric realized he wasn't the prettiest goblin around. Eric knew that goblins weren't good looking, but he was painful to look at. One of the few things he remembered from when he was born was that his brother looked better than the average goblin, so Eric thought that being brothers, he would share his looks.

Eric was brought to reality by the sounds of a wisp throwing an orb of light. Immediately crouching and hiding between the herbs, he tried to find the attacker.  Not too far away from him it seemed that a wisp and a fanged lizard were fighting amongst each other, with a slime exiting the water and joining the fight. They hadn't taken notice of him, which was a good thing, but he was in a position where moving would probably attract their attention of at least one of them, so it was a better idea to wait for them to tire themselves and then run away. For the moment he would try to examine the herbs to see if they have any special properties.