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Shyriath
As Ta'skaaru traveled, she discovered several things about her unwanted companion. She learned that its name - or at least, how it thought of itself - was Ehiphem, one-that-goes-forward, since “we are not yet content to sit in one place, in the fashion of our elders. We wish to see and do things, rather than have news brought to us from afar.”
She learned that Ehiphem was, though apparently much older than she, a child among its own kind. She learned that it had only ever heard of places beyond its home cavern before convincing a passing creature to pick it up and carry it. She learned also, from this, that the “pull” Ehiphem was exerting on her attention had more to do with educated guesswork rather than any surety of direction.
She also learned that, while water seemed to trickle down from many places and was not hard to find, it was difficult to know what was good to eat. Ehiphem proved to be of little help.
~We can advise you on some choices,~ it said uncertainly. ~We have observed that those beings that come from outside the world must often take great care in eating those things that were born of this one, and find outsider plants and animals more palatable. There is no shortage of them. But we ourselves have not familiarized ourselves with all of those, since we are not required to be choosy when we feed.~