Selene calmly retrieved her basket and resumed collecting pine needles. "I meant no offense, princess. I know of many with savage ways that are disturbed by my kind." She continued her harvesting until the basket was full, then she began digging for the wet earth that she would use to pack the pine brush into the gaps. She worked for nearly an hour before she stopped to take a rest inside. The sunlight would not kill her, as those abominations that called themselves vampires, but it would cause her severe pain if she stayed out too long.