She doesn't see any familiar bushes. "Do you want your starting equipment?"

“I’m afraid I don’t have any payment for you, but if they are gifts from friend to friend - yes, I would be gladdened.”

"Giving people starting equipment is part of my job. Would you like it all at once or one piece at a time with explanations?"

“I would appreciate the explanations.”

"Well to start here's your basic tools." She hands over an axe, a pickaxe and a hammer. The axe is for cutting down trees. The pickaxe is for most things that might be in your way and if you're tweaking things you've built. The axe can chop down trees and the hammer can reshape things." When she holds then they all feel enchanted and it feels like she can turn the enchantment on or off.

What.

what.

What.

…

Sure. Free enchanted items. Why not?! This is technically probably not the weirdest thing that’s happened today. Oh frick-

“Thank you very much for your generosity. Will these repair on their own? Do they need to be recharged in any manner?”

"They won't break, you'll be able to make better ones soon enough though."

What.

Okay! That’s! Something! Thoughts of infinite wealth and power are not useful if you starve!

”Thank you. Are there any other objects?”

"That was just the start. You'll also want this sword. It's better for stabbing than slashing. And this grappling hook will help you get around, it's equipment so you don't have to hold it to use it if you equip it. This net will also help you catch some things."

Are they also enchanted?

They're easier to move than she'd expect the net's handle is a meter long and the net itself is big enough to catch her. The sword is also fast and she can feel the grappling hook in her mind when she holds it. It'll launch itself in any direction she wants with a thought.

Huh. That might be very useful, then. 

”Are there others?”

"These are magic socks that will let you run faster. And this bottle will let you make a short jump in midair if you have it equipped." The socks are blue. The bottle has what looks like a miniature cloud inside it. "You can eat these to improve your durability and mana. The red ones are for durability the blue ones are for mana." They seem to be candies the blue ones are shaped like stars and the red ones are shaped like hearts. They also seem stuck together but when she touches them she has a feeling that she can separate them.

“Are the effects temporary?”

The expensive color of the socks should not be surprisingly; clearly these people do not care about mortal concerns like limited resources! And yet! She puts the socks on using the inventory, and puts her old ones in an inconvenient slot. She then tries to put the bottle in a clothing slot, and waits to see what happens. 

"Most effects are temporary but these are an exception. Certain events are more likely to happen if you increase your durability though."

“What events? And what is mana?”

"Mana is used to power the enchantments on some weapons and tools, having more will let you power them for longer. You can probably feel it. As for the events, a friend of mine you might find helpful will only come if you've eaten at least one. If you eat at least two some nights the moon will turn red and monsters will spawn faster and certain unique monsters will appear that only spawn with a red moon. If you eat at least three then slimes might start falling from the sky. If you eat at least five then a giant eyeball might appear and attack at night, and also goblins might invade."

“…right. Only eat this one, then. Thank you for the warning.”

”Is the mana the internal pool?”

"Yes that's it exactly."

She nods, and swallows the candies.

The pool is now five times the size it was before. She feels somehow healthier it's a subtle thing.

The Deviant hands her a potion bottle when she touches it she can immediately feel that it has 15 doses. "This potion will teleport you back to this pillar." She hands over a torch. Except it's actually a hundred torches somehow. "These will help exploring or fighting underground or at night."

She blinks at those, but puts them into the convenient slots.

She hands over three cubes one of which is actually 25 cubes. The cubes are miniaturized like the table from earlier she can feel that they'll be a meter on a side when placed. "These are the pieces to a bulk storage system you can move stuff from your personal storage to here. And you can use it for crafting." She hands over a bracelet. "And last but certainly not least this is a map bracelet it'll record where you've been so you can keep track and find places again."

She nods and puts on the bracelet, and places the cubes in the less-convenient slots.

When she puts on the bracelet she can feel an option to do something in her mind. "Do you have any questions?"