[In this forest there are plenty of things that could have been watching Piper: gnomes, manotaurs, and hide behinds, just to name a few. However, as far as this particular thing watching her goes it was neither monster, nor magic. It was just a small 12 year old boy hiding in the bushes frantically flipping through a book while stealing furtive glances at Piper and her dagger.
Not that he doesn't trust strange people with what appear to be ceremonial daggers, but he really doesn't trust strange people with ceremonial daggers.]
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Not that he doesn't trust strange people with what appear to be ceremonial daggers, but he really doesn't trust strange people with ceremonial daggers.]