And of the very same, shall I continue without even so much so as a single waiting moment.
Indeed.
Do say, dear reader, are you getting tired?
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Well, either way, I do have a job to do, and a promise to uphold.
'Twould be unfair of me to do otherwise.
Even so, did the very young lad begin his walk...
Following a loud "Good Night" from Fren Chavalier...
And many such a thing from the others, indeed.
And thereof, did his walk begin...
From the very opening in the forest...
Right next to the river, all the very way...
Unto the deepest parts of the forest.
Indeed.
His feet stepping upon the grass, crushing it as he walked by...
All the same, the sound thereof reverberating in the air as he did leave...
Each step making an oh-so lighter sound than the last to the traders.
Obviously.
All the same, did the young lad walk into the forest...
Silence being the very word...
Why, did the young lad have no one to speak to, one would say...
And thereof, dear reader, do I expect that you are well aware of as to why the very lad was so silent.
Indeed.
...
Hmmm...
Well, I do suppose that I shall get on with it...
Eventually...
Even so, why...
Did the young lad continue his very walk through the grass...
Into the forest trees...
Walking along and besides them...
The very things.
Why, the very forests of Vanamour are a most curious place...
Most covered by tree and shrubbery alike.
All the same would I imagine is no surprise to you, I would say.
Even so, variably are they covered from the foothills to the summits with monsters.
Indeed.
Beasts dangerous enough to kill many unprepared.
All the same, did the young lad simply walk along...
The very trees being larger than most would immediately assume.
Hmmm...
No, no...
Not too large, I would say.
Indeed.
Every tree...
Hmmm...
Perhaps a proper example would fall to those in your world, dear reader...
Indeed.
Some tall and mighty, some taller and mightier, some merely tall and yet straight to the point, offering nothing in the terms of girth.
Indeed.
An oh-so great variety of trees...
Some with their roots out, why...
Those were the very sort closest to the young lad has he did enter the forest...
All the same did he jump right through them.
And even so, did the very young lad leap upon one of its very roots...
Before another, and then landing upon the ground.
Yes...
Quite massive roots, I should say.
...
I do not actually know what sort of plant it is.
...
Well, do forgive me dear reader, but do you honestly expect me to know everything?
...
Oh, bother...
Even so, did the very young lad continue upon the very trail.
Many a thing to meet along the way...
Indeed.
Hmmm...
Yes, many a thing...
Moving along...
Did the young lad thereafter start upon what would be a winding path of sorts...
Yes...
The very kind not made by human hands, I should say...
Even so, would the very lad continue upon this path...
Hmmm...
No, not really...
Why, he would merely walk.
My fault, I should say...
Why, the very forest does indeed lack a proper path...
Yes...
Even so, why...
Would the young lad have no trouble returning...
For the very lad had within him the ability to smell his way back home.
...
Yes, I do believe I have mentioned that as among the very repertoire of the grand lad's skills.
Do perceive this, my dear reader...
For, indeed.
Every Knight must follow rigorous training...
The very sort of which, to sharpen all of their senses.
Indeed.
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Why, perhaps on one day...
Hmmm...
No, I did promise that before, didn't I?
Hmmm...
Well, pity...
That explanation shall have to wait.
...
Why, I would simply rather get it all properly explained in a proper go, I would say.
...
You shall understand once I do.
Fret not.
I fully intend to.
Even so, why...
Shall I go on and along.
And of the very same, why...
Ah, yes...
The very forest glades...
A shimmering beauty under the moonlight reflected yet more by the passing river.
Why, an oh-so romantic scene.
Indeed.
You do recall our discussion about romantics, do you not, dear reader?
Indeed.
Do recall that.
And of the very same, imagine...
How one less troubled could be so easily caught by the very beauty that lay amongst him then.
Indeed.
Why, 'tis the very scene by which a man may chose to propose to a woman.
Yes...
Even so, would I not recommend it...
...
Why, romantic scenes, I say...
They may find themselves quite deceptive, I tell you.
...
Me?
Deceived by a woman?
Why, dear reader...
How dare you?
Why, the very nerve you have.
Well...
I suppose I should go on.
Indeed.
You are showing quite a bit of nerve in this chapter...
Well, to each their own, I should say.
However, do calm yourself.
And of the very same, do I go on.
Indeed.
And thereof...
Hmmm...
Where...
Ah, yes...
The very young lad was indeed walking along the romantic scenery...
All the same, his mind upon very little of it, I would say.
Why, did the very young lad find it in him to walk and just that.
However, and as I did promise...
Yes...
Did a giant white owl appear...
Well, I do suppose that that is how any normal human would have seen the very thing.
...
Why, to a normal human remained there not a sign.
But to one as the very young lad, why...
Did he turn to his right...
A mere short and "very leapable to, considering his own talents and abilities, distance" I would say...
Yes...
Before even the very river...
There did lay indeed, a giant white owl...
Its very feet also upon the ground...
Walking as though any normal human would...
...
No, no, I merely meant that it would walk on two feet.
Indeed.
...
Yes, my dear reader...
The very bird does indeed have the ability to walk on two feet.
'Tis of the many things of... birds...
Yes...
Obviously...
...
Why, the very bird does hold many a secret to it.
For, indeed...
Even and so as it is hard to take notice of it in the very dead of night as it flies, is it much easier to notice while it walks...
Yes...
Why, the very thoughts about it are many.
Some do believe that the very secret to the beast lies within those hairy feet that it does hold.
Indeed.
The very tiny and most miniscule hairs upon its feet...
Some say that the very creature uses these hairs to hide itself as it does walk.
And yet others, why...
Do they imagine that the very beast holds the magical power to absorb sound itself.
...
Stupid, you say, dear reader?
Why, that idea, although seen by some researchers as far too foolish, why...
Does it not find itself to be not so farfetch'd in this world.
Indeed.
Of the very same, I say...
Why, did I not already describe it?
Indeed.
And thereof, did the very beast find itself staring at the very young lad.
Wide eyed, as you would imagine.
Name: Giant White Owl.
Description: Why, I have already given it, I would say. Indeed.
Behaviour: 'Tis something I did describe in part. Do allow me to elaborate further. The very beast is of those that hunt only in the night. Indeed. The very monster stalks its prey carefully, all the while avoiding detection for the very power of its feathers. Yes... researchers do imagine that the feathers all about it have something to do with the beast's ever present silence. Even so, is it a cautious beast. One the likes of which shall never find itself picking a fight it cannot win, most unless something of the sort was to come to it. And thereof, I say, be not fooled, for the very beast is no weak fighter.
Ability: Why, 'tis a giant owl, I would say. Even so, does its ability in flight find itself far better than that of a bastion, to say nothing of its ability to fly silently. All the same is its very physical strength formidable. Why, is even a battle head-on ill-advised amongst Knights. Indeed.
Threat level: B
Fact: They are a solitary bunch, I would say. All the same, do researchers ponder upon how they do communicate. Some say a call, others say markings on the trees... all the very manner of ideas. Why, the very answer is unbeknownst to many, yet the clear answer is that they do indeed have a method. One that would surprise many.
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Why, that is a tale in and of itself, I would say.
Even so, do I go on.
...
Well, I suppose I should tell it...
However, yet another time, my dear reader.
Indeed.
All the same, did the very beast find itself looking at the young lad, and the very young lad looking back at it.
A most curious scene.
For the very pair did merely look at each other...
A very bit longer than either would have deemed, no, not merely either...
But any normal person... necessary or worthwhile, I would say.
Indeed.
Why, the very look did continue for a moment longer than they both would have liked.
All the same, but for the young lad...
Why, was it a most curious scene...
The very young lad and giant white owl did thereafter turn from one another...
As though some sort of odd conversation had occurred...
The very thing resulting in they both agreeing to part ways...
Why, did it happen at the same time...
And also, did the young lad even fail to move his hand towards his blade.
Indeed.
...
Hmmm...
Why, a most proper answer would be that the very giant white owl and the young lad had decided not to fight...
Why, a part of the very reasoning of the giant white owl being, that the very lad would most certainly be a tough opponent.
...
Why, that is of the many things of beasts of the land, and thereof, of the many things of the boy by the name of Jake Phyr.
Indeed.
Yes...
The very beast did walk to the path the young lad came from...
The very young lad the other way.
...
No, no, no...
Why, the very beast is most intelligent...
However, even to its massive intellect, is the very set of carriages a giant beast...
One the very likes of which it would rather not bother itself to fight.
Indeed.
'Tis of the many things of intellect, I say...
...
Now that, my dear reader, is yet another long story...
...
Why, I should get on and along...
Yes...
And thereafter, following this strange meeting...
Whereby two beasts did have something of a conversation...
...
Hmmm...
Well, I do suppose that that is a tale for a later date as well.
Indeed.
...
Why, 'tis for the fact that these all shall find themselves properly explained...
Eventually...
Indeed.
And of the very same, do I continue...
Ahem...
The very young lad did continue his walk...
All along the trees...
The very sounds of the jungle, quiet, I say...
Well, but for the sounds of the river, one would argue...
Why, its very rushing I say...
Indeed.
All the same could the young lad perceive it beforehand...
Indeed.
And thereof, would one looking oh-so closely notice what they in Vanamour do call the Rotating Jaw fish, yes...
...
Well, I do suppose that I may as well...
Ahem...
But first, must I say...
That only the very spines on its back could be seen from the water...
Yes...
And thereof...
Name: Rotating Jaw Fish
Description: The beast is a handful to describe, I would say. And thereof, where do I begin. Ah, yes... do imagine a giant fish, obviously. 'Tis what I believe you would imagine it to be. However, do also imagine it flat in the opposite way most fish are flat.
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Why, I merely mean to say, that it is flat not vertically, but horizontally.
Indeed.
Rather, perhaps 'twould be best to explain that its very mouth is a wide one...
Yes...
A rather wide smile following, I should say.
All the same, do I go on.
It's very body is flat, making it much shorter than most people, lest one would flip it sideways...
But to dare, I say, most people would refuse.
Indeed.
All the same, does it bare several spines about its body's top...
All curving backwards, to say nothing of the very fin it does hold...
Why, the very thing can retract itself.
And thereof, I say...
The very soft underbelly, yes...
The very fins to the side also, truly...
However, the very remarkable thing of it remains its very jaws...
Yes...
For, dare I say...
Does it daunt many a mortal man...
For, indeed...
Within its jaws lay several sets of teeth...
All the very likes of which, why...
'Twould be best to say, that there remains hardly a place upon its mouth that is not covered by a sharp tooth. Indeed.
Now, my dear reader, do you have something of an image?
...
Indeed.
I do carry on.
Of the very same, is it often times of a blue colour...
Yes...
Why, some others are black, others green...
Yes...
All oceanic Colours, would they say...
Of the very same...
Ability: The very beast does find itself to be named as such for its very simple ability, to rotate the very teeth in its jaws.
...
Why, I merely mean to...
Hmmm...
Well, I do hope you properly understand this.
Why, 'twould be troublesome if you did not.
First of all, is the very beast a fish, I would say...
Holding within it the ability to swim and do as the fish do, one could say...
All the same, does it also have the very ability to poison one with the very tip of its tail...
Yes...
It does have a long tail.
I do suppose I forgot to mention that earlier.
Very well then, even so, do the very teeth in its jaws have this strange ability to, how you say...
Spin across its mouth.
...
Hmmm...
Now what shall I, ah, yes...
Dear reader, know ye what a gear is and what it looks like?
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Yes, yes...
Exactly as so.
Indeed.
As such does the very beast spin the very teeth across its mouth...
Yes...
In such and such a fashion.
Why, when it does catch something, does it swallow it whole and allow its jaws to slowly rip right through it...
Why, does one set of jaws never spin in the same direction as the other...
Yes...
One goes counter-clockwise, the other clockwise...
All the same leaving the beast crushed, and tiny pieces of meat falling into its mouth to be properly digested.
...
Yes, yes...
'Tis a most horrific way to meet your end, I would say.
Even so, is the very beast most paradoxical...
Yes...
A fast swimmer, yet one that hunts stealthily.
Indeed.
Well, I do suppose that that is all that.
Moving along...
Behaviour: A mistake on my part not to mention this sooner. All the same, is the very creature most docile, I would say. Why, unperturbed is it of no threat to anyone till it finds itself to be hungry. All the same, is it far from aggressive until one foolishly decides to bother it. Indeed. A most fascinating beast.
Threat level: B
Fact: Why, for all the terrors this beast does hold, do most researchers find it most unnecessary to properly discover everything about it. Why, the very beast is amongst those that do not eat humans. Indeed.
All the same, did the very beast merely simmer in the waters...
Rising up but for a moment...
Yet thereafter, lowering itself once more...
Only allowing its spines to be seen...
Indeed.
In a mere set of moments, would the very beast soon find its prey...
As it waited by the river...
All...
Hmmm...
Time is up yet once more.
Well, I do suppose that I may as well.
Indeed.
And thereof, onwards yet once more.