"That'll be really useful!" says Laashya. "We could do stuff when we weren't sleeping."

"And it'd scare aware the vampire ghosts and other monsters, they come out most at night," says Bina.

"Oh, there's monsters here?"

"We haven't seen any, Bina just knows about a bunch," says Malen. "Like how I knew what minnows were. They might not be in this Garden, maybe?"

"Let me light a fire when the sun sets and I'll tell you about some of ours..."

"Why not now?"

"Spooky stories don't work when it's light out."

"What're they supposed to do?"

"...Fun scare you?"

"Like Spooky Woods?"

"Spooky Woods weren't really that scary until the land-minnow. Just cool. Are the stories like that? Why does the fire help?"

"The lights sorta flicker. Come on Ken, you know what I'm talking about."

"It's really not scary. People just think it's unnerving."

The argument goes on for some time, long enough for the sun to actually start setting. Hazel insists on at least showing them how to light fires that won't burn the camp down.

Kenet helps! She was support, so often had the fire duty. She guides the others through building starter fire-places in interesting shapes.

Once they have a decent fire going, they gather around it for dinner. And, mostly because Hazel just sorta started, campfire stories.

"...And it turned out the nerve worms were wearing the kid's body all along!"

"How's that possible?" asks Malen. (Bina's eyes are wide.)

"...I've never had to explain it before. I keep wanting to say 'puppet'?"

"What's that?"

"A-a... toy?"

"What's a toy?"

"Something you play with I think?"

"Huh. Sounds neat. What're other toys?"

"...Balls? Dolls? Knives?"

"Why's a knife a toy?"

"You can whittle."