I played long enough that I still remember the broad outlines, but I find my lack of familiarity with the minutiae quite helpful in this case.<br/><br/>Aeryn is not an adventurer.  She is an intelligent woman, accomplished in her field - perhaps even famous to a degree -  with an abundance of book knowledge about the natural world - and very little real life experience with the nasties she has read about or seen only in zoos or as stuffed specimens.