[there sure is a candy house right in the forest.

and there sure is what looks to be a pale-skinned teenage boy casually tearing off a piece of it, before holding it up to the light to examine it.]

... A house constructed of food seems like such a waste to me...

[this does not stop him from now trying to eat the piece, because he apparently has no sense of self-preservation.]

[Quest 33:
Feed the Cockatrice.
Requirements: 2 of any color.

for whatever bizarre reason, you're working with gandharva (or ruva, as he's going by) i guess?? they've been traipsing through the forest for a while, gandharva seemingly unbothered by all the forest-ness. then, he speaks up, an innocent expression on his face.]

By the way, I have a question.

[a beat.]

... What exactly is a cockatrice, anyway?

[THEY'VE BEEN IN THIS FOREST FOR LIKE. AN HOUR ALREADY.]

[anyway he's chucking his picture book right into the harbour.

bye!!]