After collecting yourselves and your things, you head downstairs through the tavern hall and Toblen, looking very tired, notes you coming down the stairs and directs your attention to Daren, sitting at a table, nursing a warm cup of tea, presumably from his own reserve.
"He insisted on seeing you before you leave, he's been here since dawn."

Yulya bows and pays Toblen the price for the room
I apologize for the trouble Mr. Stonehill!

Cat whispers to Yulya
Nya he's kid of important right Nya? We can go to Hobby and Harbin after breakfast Nya!

Indeed that is the only option. We cannot let Master Edermath wait any longer!

Daren notices your arrival and hails you to join him for tea and apple muffins bursting from a large basket on an adjacent chair.

Yulya approaches Daran and bows as well - a bit unsure if she should be happy t see him or whether he is also part of a grand conspiracy against her and her friends.
Master Edermath!
Had we known about your arrival we would have come sooner! I apologize for our late return from the mine but there was quite a lot - I mean a really big lot of unexpected trouble - much more than we had anticipated. But I can report that we managed to resolve it - at least temporarily. I shall give you a detailed report - maybe you can make more sense of what happened than us. Because frankly - still a lot of what we encountered leaves me with more questions than answers..

Yulya sighs and takes a chair ready to recapitulate the events at the mine.

After collecting yourselves and your things, you head downstairs through the tavern hall and Toblen, looking very tired, notes you coming down the stairs and directs your attention to Daren, sitting at a table, nursing a warm cup of tea, presumably from his own reserve.
"He insisted on seeing you before you leave, he's been here since dawn."

Daren notices your arrival and hails you to join him for tea and apple muffins bursting from a large basket on an adjacent chair.

Cat sniffs the scent of apple muffins
Nyaa it's Daran Nya!



Cat whispers to Yulya
Nya he's kid of important right Nya? We can go to Hobby and Harbin after breakfast Nya!

>Western Fence Lizard

Studies have shown that cases of Lyme disease are rarer in areas where the lizards are found. When ticks carrying Lyme disease feed on these lizards' blood (which they commonly do, especially around their ears), a protein in the lizard's blood kills the bacterium in the tick that causes Lyme disease. The infection inside the ticks' gut is therefore cleared and the tick no longer carries Lyme disease.

How cool is that?!
I hope you breed more fence lizards like wee breed the Pholcus spiders.
Can't remember when I saw a lizard here. I can only offer this common toad that was rustling around in dead leaves at night. Didn't sound like a hedgehog so host went to check with a flashlight. Its bone dry atm, not a good time for amphibians to migrate. But the toads a tough. We have a pond and the garden gets watered, so it should be safe here.

It was a rowdy victory celebration!