<div class="floatright">(http://i40.tinypic.com/2mdkyfr.jpg)</div>The trip had gone very well so far. The life within was simply more prevalent and she'd already found new species of plant to study. Now it came time to actually find herself some food. Thankfully that bit was simple.<br/><br/>She'd gathered a large number of thin and dry branches into a single pile. The fumes released when they were burned could cause some problems for normal people who breathed them in. That was something to be avoided at all costs, no matter that she could cue the ailments over the many days that followed.<br/><br/>The interruption was not a happy thing though. There was likely nothing she could say to re-assure the man, but he probably assumed the worst of her already. She sighed and turned toward him, hefting the bag of ash over her shoulder. She glanced at the fire it before speaking, "It fulfills two purposes. Firstly, the ash is a fairly tasty snack while we travel, it will allow me to consume less of the food that you eat. Secondly, it is an important component for some of m reagents. The remains are unblighted, the blight having burned out into the air. I had assumed that this was something that anyone else would wish for me to do alone so they may not be blighted themselves."