Ras frowned a little and shook his head. “I never met your mother so I don’t know what she was like, but you’ll be safe here. Aunt Elune is very powerful and she won’t let anyone hurt you. Neither will I, of course, but Elune has more power than me. What is making you hurt? If you don’t tell me what upsets you I can’t help you.”<br/><br/>Rayne eventually left the plant alone and sat down beside Kimberly.<span style="color: #5900b3">“I also have fangs and pointed nails.” </span>She pulled her upper lips up to expose her considerable canines and then her claw-like nails.<span style="color: #5900b3">“I’m not an animal but the older generations of my people were very feral. Very wild. And we’re immortal. It’s hard to explain but the Gintala forest was very aggressive and hostile, it made me sick to my stomach. But here it’s… not quite peaceful, it feels like the forest here is ready to defend itself from something.” </span>She unwrapped one of her sandwiches and started eating.<span style="color: #5900b3">“That’s really weird, I’ve seen fish climb out of rivers and use their fins to walk, but I’ve never seen a walking plant. Lots of walking trees, some that even talk, but no plants before.”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>