<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 1.35em;">Aura and Lena in the jungle</span><br/><br/>Hearing a noise behind them, Aura turns her left hand pulling her knife from it's restraint.  She can not help but grin at the WeatherWise as she comes  walking up to them as though just out for a tromp." Aura first bows to the woman then hugs her. "Rijka, I am so happy to see you, and so glad you have survived." Nodding to the young person, Aura motions to her sack, "There is good drinking water in there.  Help yourself to a drink.  The water purification system is in there as well, please if you will be so kind, set it."<br/>"Thank you for the air report. I am very happy to learn these things, the animal life then will be much more likely to be edible.  Motioning to Lena, Aura continued, This is Lena Marani, she is Head Botanist.  We will return shortly, at the moment we are going to try and gather an egg from a nearby nest."<br/>Turning back to Lena, Aura explained, "You will not have to climb, the nest is almost on the ground."  Aura refrains from smiling so as not to offend her new acquaintance.  "The nest is just there.  On the ground in the hollow of that tree that has a an S curve to it.  Inside the loop of the inside curve of the "S" sits the nest."  Aura hunkers down to point.  "The parent stands guard above on the inside of the 'S.'"<br/><br/>Aura pulls the sleeping bag and some straps from her rucksack and begins to unfurl the sleeping bag.  Finding a loose stick about 1 meter long, she uses the strap to affix the sleeping bag to the stick so that it hangs like a flag.  "Hopefully, the flapping of the flag will frighten the parent, as I charge toward the tree.  When I shout go, run toward the egg, and grab it, but only grab one.  The eggs are large enough to feed three humans and the Captain."  Aura steadies her breath, and looks again at the parent bird. It stands 3 foot high and that doesn't include its long, long legs.  The body is blue and orange in color  while the wings and a 3 foot tuft of fur-like material jutting from its perfect oval of a head, are startling white. With a nod to herself and with a whoop, Aura charges off toward the bird, flapping the makeshift flag in front of her.  Once the bird starts flapping it's wings in agitation, Aura tries to sense its mind.  She gets images that the bird is female, that she is angry and frightened and ...hungry, and that she will protect her newly lain eggs.  Aura sends soothing feelings to the restless female then images of the bird's favorite food and encourages the female to hunt.  Soon the mother bird is airborn.  Aura shouts, "Now!" But, keeps her eyes on the lookout for the mother bird's return.