Into the Open Forest

The open forest has been dangerous since the rise of pathogens, even for Küp. It’s easy to get caught in the crosshairs of a battle. When she was hunting flying paper, she ran into a corridor of old forest and narrowly escaped an electric storm. Frightened they would be felled by the paper plants, the trees discharged electricity from their roots, turned the floor to plasma and struck lightning sideways. It was almost as bad as the time she triggered a pollen avalanche during a dry spell in the eastern reaches. The grains tore her cells open, and she nearly lost her skin climbing out. If she didn’t have her work cut out on the micro scale, there’s always getting crushed under a hundred tons of wood. But despite the fact that most megafauna stay on roads, Küp can’t help wandering off. Some of the best people and greatest secrets lie in the dynasties beyond.