"If that's as far as you can get it too then it probably just doesn't go farther than that. It's a good find; I'm looking forward to getting it to the lab."

Chaenath seems to be done taking notes on the butterfly and the chunk of amber; the group moves on toward a particularly verdant area that may once have been a small park.

Follow follow. "Did I miss anything while I was gone?"

"We've got one of those bouncing snakes in a crate on the boat now! If you wanted to catch any mice you see that would be great; we fed it this morning but we'd like to stockpile enough to get it back to Pinehedge alive."

"Sure. Let me know if you spot any."

"Will do."

The little park has aesthetic species of trees in haphazard locations; one of them is covered in apples.

Nom.

The apples are pretty tasty; once she has determined this the others eat some too. There's a shallow stone basin in the middle of the park, lined with worn, cracked tiles in a pleasing pattern and with a single large round tile at the center.

Is that magic? The middle tile looks pressable.

When she steps on it, it throws her several feet in the air.

Whee! She sprouts wings to glide down. "That was probably how the fountain worked!"

"I bet it was! Looks like you had fun finding out; better you than me."

"I'm handy. Are we trying to conserve mana?"

"We should try not to run completely out, but we've got some and we're here to explore. Is there an experiment you want to do?"

"No, I'm just wondering whether to go ahead and do it if I think of one."

"It would be nice if you told us beforehand so there could be multiple pairs of eyes on whatever you did, but I don't think anybody is going to say no to science. If something runs out of mana and we're all low, we can always put off more experiments on that one thing for a day or two."

"That makes sense."

"In the meantime, I want to take this with us. I'm going to go sneak up on it." He gently levers the tile out of the divot it's sitting in without touching the top enough to set it off, then puts it back down outside the basin. "Say, would you like to step on it again? I want to make sure it doesn't need the rest of the fountain to work. We can always drop something on it if you'd rather not."

"I'm game." Hop.

Boing!

"Good, good. This is a bit heavy to haul around for the rest of the day; would you mind bringing it back to the ship? Alternately we can just leave it here and grab it on the way back tonight."

"I can do that." She hauls it.

When she gets back the others have determined that there's nothing else magic in the park and are making their way toward the palatial ruin Cayra partially explored before meeting them. 

She can tell them what she found last time!

They appreciate the warning about the human-sized toad! They start debating whether, if it proves to still be there, they should try to kill it or chase it out of the room or just wait for it to go away and then explore when it leaves. 

She doesn't have a strong opinion on this subject but pipes up with more details about the toad frequently to feel like she's participating in the conversation.

Toad details are appreciated to the extent that they're relevant. Eventually they decide that they'll only fight the toad if it's territorial enough to attack first. 

When they get to the ruined palace, the first place they stop is the courtyard full of plants. Chaenath has been taking samples of all the plants they find on the way, and after doing the same here she concludes that this used to be the kitchen garden.