- Well, Bernie, you were nothing but trouble for
[cdb]everybody yet again.
- There you are! I was worried when you failed to
[cdb]appear at mealtime.
- Aaah! I-I'm fine! All quiet here!
- Please do not tell me your hunger was so great that
[cdb]you resorted to eating those plants there?
- You should be careful. I have heard there are some
[cdb]rather poisonous flora in this area.
- Hey, I'm not going to eat poison! What kind of
[cdb]dummy do you think I am?
- I know exactly which plants are safe and which
[cdb]ones aren't.
- It is strange to see you this confident on a topic.
- But if you are so certain, I think I should give your
[cdb]eye a test. Just to be safe, you understand.
- We're doing what now?
- Ah, I know! What say we have a little game to see
[cdb]who can collect the most edible plants?
- What?!
- And as an army can never have too much food, this
[cdb]will serve to benefit the others. What a splendid idea!
- Urgh. Why me...
- OK, so this one would cause stomachaches, and that
[cdb]one would be really bitter... Um, I think?
- Oh, I don't know. I've only ever seen it in books.
- But hey, I'm sure it's fine! I'll also take this one,
[cdb]and this one, and this one...
- Oh, and that one over— Wait, is that Ferdinand?
- Such luster! Such size! Such a gorgeous crimson!
Yes, this looks like a scrumptious leaf indeed!
- Ah, and there are bulbs under this tree! Rich, white
[cdb]bulbs with the luster of a precious pearl!
- Aaaaaah!
- Bernadetta?!
- Ah, I see. You were frightened by a mouse scampering
[cdb]by and took a bit of a tumble when you fled, yes?
- Yeah. And I dropped all my beautiful plants that your
[cdb]dumb game made me dumb collect.
- Never mind that now. Show me your wound, please?
Ah yes, just a scrape. Still, we should return to base
[cdb]and treat it before it festers.
- Yeah, I suppose. Thanks for looking at it.
- Wait, that leaf! The one you're carrying!
- This one? What of it? If you are hungry, we could
[cdb]snack on it while we walk back.
- No! No, no, no! That plant has medicinal properties!
It's a styptic!
- Well, what luck! We can use it to treat your wound!
- I must say, your talent for identifying plants is no
[cdb]idle boast.
- Yeah, I eyeballed them pretty well, huh?
- Now let's take a look at yours and— What?!
- Ha! Are you at a loss for words with the quality of the
[cdb]plants I gathered?
- Every one of these is POISONOUS!
- What? But, the gorgeous leaf! The robust vine!
- DEATH IN PLANT FORM! THROW THEM
AWAY BEFORE WE DIEEEEEE!