A Stantler appears!

The two were walking along the path that they thought would lead them to the city. They had a lunch of blackberries, mulberries, chokecherries and the boiled tubers of the groundnut (thanks to Khoury's lighter and Lyra's small pot and edible plants book but a little wood too, of course). "There," he smiled satisfyingly.

"Fire looks great Khoury, great job!" She smiled. He blushed brightly instead of saying something. They didn't know the smell of cooking plants would attract a Stantler. The two heard a strange bleating noise and they turned around only to see a Stantler. They stared at it and were quiet the whole time. The small deer bleated again and lied down near them. They both smiled at it and left it there.

The two were silent for the longest time while eating and drinking from their water bottles.