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[aaaaaAAAAAAAAH, she forgot all about that in her excitement over the bark! Firoza's face flushes, and she looks incredibly sheepish, turning her scarred cheek away from Shoka.]

I...um. No. No, it was not from collecting bark. It...happened in a dream. And then I awoke and it was real?

[It sounds hokey, and yet.]

I just don't want to scare anyone, I apologize...