Kit tried to picture what he was talking about and failed. "Well, I'll keep an eye out for him," she said. After all, he might be from Third Earth, even if he was no one Kit knew.

Kaoru need not have worried; Kit was following right behind him. She nodded to his comment about the mushrooms. "Yeah," she said. "It can be hard to tell sometimes, so it's probably best to avoid them til you can figure out which ones are good and which aren't."

The soon emerged onto the branch outside, where a large stone table or alter was set up, laden with all sorts of food. A few other people were already there, eating or looking for something to eat. "Wow," Kit said, impressed by the spread, "there really is a lot of stuff here. Wonder what I should pick?" Nothing on the table looked entirely familiar to her so she really had no idea where to start.