And then Tyler is done desalinating the water! Apparently he just needed to grab – hydrokinetically – a small blob of water from the lake, then… sort of stare at it. For a little while. Then remove a small blob of water from the bigger blob, send that back into the lake, and then he has a large-ish blob of water that he says is desalinated.

He decides to drink some and apparently finds it acceptable. Unfortunately they do not seem to have cups of any form so he will have to put it into the others' hands for them to drink it, unless they'd rather he put it directly into their mouths (probably not).

Elleira will take a handful.

Thario will do likewise.

And then Tyler will fly over the lake, causing a bit of movement in his wake and seeming to have… some sort of fun.

His osprey-or-whatever is attempting to stay on his shoulder.

"There might be fish or something, in there. We may want to attempt to catch some."

"Yeah," says Thario, "and hope they're edible. Can you do fire or will we need to work out some way to do that?"

"I could light one, if the tinder is dry enough."

Nod. "Forest probably… works for tinder. And we should probably try looking for some plants that are… hopefully not poisonous."

"The book suggested the leaves of the tree as a remedy when you were poisoned. Perhaps it will have more suggestions about the vegetation."

"Hopefully," he says. "Weird place."

"I wonder if it will ever be possible to leave."

"I hope so. But it's not like there's any guarantee."

Tyler seems to have caught something! Probably. Or maybe it's caught him, because it's a weird creature in the weird lake. Who knows.

He seems to be doing okay, at least?

He'll have to come closer to shore if he wants any help.

He will! But he doesn't. Seems like he might be having fun sorta-wrestling with the weird creature. His animal has decided that it'll just fly near him instead of getting caught up in things.

After a short while, he throws it back into the lake and continues looking around for something else.

Elleira decides to walk down the shoreline while she waits.

Thario's just gonna sit down on the grass, facing the water and maybe talking with his keriol.

Elleira encounters: a few small rocks! Also a couple of pebbles, various types of grass, a few small flowers that look very pretty and that she probably should not touch because who knows what they might do, a random piece of wood, a screw (why is there a screw?) and also: a ferret!

Yes. A ferret. Or it looks surprisingly like a ferret.

It's friendly.

Is it? Is it really?

Well, it at least doesn't bite her?

Okay ferret, here's the deal. You stay over there and don't do anything weird, and Elleira won't horribly murder you.

… The ferret looks sort of sad about this, because it was being all curious and inquisitive about the weird new creature, but okay, it understands when people just want to be left alone.

Smart ferret.

...Thario would probably be more accepting of the ferret. Can she sort of shoo it in his direction?

She can point over to him? Maybe try saying some words, maybe walk around the other side of it and make shooing motions?

Overall, yes, she can shoo it in his direction. The smart ferret seems to understand what she's getting at and moves over to the other weird new creature..

It's always nice when you can arrange to have someone expendable to take the risks.