Oh. No. Oh-no, Oh-no

The brute's question brought a little gasp from Cambria. He was so forward and was blatantly digging for answers and it made her stomach squelch again. Breathe, she reminded herself. Don't forget to breathe. The earthen fae drew in a shuddering breath and gave her head a shake. "I don't know..." Was she their toy? They'd kept her sheltered enough that she surely could be. What other reason did they have for keeping her around?

Taking a step closer brought a small squeak from Cambria and she somehow pressed herself even tighter to the tree at her back. Suddenly the brute splashed down in the water, his words goading her again. There was something about his tone, his mannerisms, that made the former princess think for the very first time that there were other beasts in the world that might want to harm her. That was all that she needed. "I don't want to get hurt," she whispered softly, eyes downcast. "And I don't want you to get hurt because of me."

Snapping her out of her terror, the brute asked a question about the plants that she had collected. Cambria's eyes widened for a moment and she looked towards the pile of slowly withering greenery that was closer to the tusked giant than it was to her. "The flowers are for tea and dye. The herbs are for medicinal purposes." It felt so strange to talk about something as mundane as plants and their uses when they could both be waylaid by Idris and Matija at any moment.

"Cambria"