11:45 AM
Who: Van, Link, anyone else crazy enough to be awake
Where: The lake
When: Day 160, so early the torches haven't begun to rise
What: Hunting
[To human ears, the lake at night sounds no different than at any other time. The waterfall thunders at the far side of the cavern, but on the near shore it's at best a muted roar, quiet enough still to hear the rustle of the odd creature moving through the underbrush, or the plop of something slipping back into the marshy shallows.
But night is when the beebats wake. And to their ears, this time is when the cavern is truly alive with sound: their ultrasonic calls echo over water and rock and plants, seeking out the soft petals of the lake's night-blooming flowers . . .
. . . and seeking warning, not always successfully, of the enemies that wake at dawn and dusk to feed on them.]
Where: The lake
When: Day 160, so early the torches haven't begun to rise
What: Hunting
[To human ears, the lake at night sounds no different than at any other time. The waterfall thunders at the far side of the cavern, but on the near shore it's at best a muted roar, quiet enough still to hear the rustle of the odd creature moving through the underbrush, or the plop of something slipping back into the marshy shallows.
But night is when the beebats wake. And to their ears, this time is when the cavern is truly alive with sound: their ultrasonic calls echo over water and rock and plants, seeking out the soft petals of the lake's night-blooming flowers . . .
. . . and seeking warning, not always successfully, of the enemies that wake at dawn and dusk to feed on them.]