"I'm thinking that way maybe," he said, pointing. "Those things - the death lizards? They like the high grass but if we stay in here, there are those vines that try to eat you. We need to see if we can find someplace a little too rocky for the vines but without the grasslands. But I don't know what's off that way - have you been that way yet?"

Guy liked having someone to bounce ideas off of. He'd gone a long time mostly making his own way, but even Belt had been good at helping him figure out which way to go and when his family had come along, he'd never had to make a decision alone again. The whole family got a say and special attention was usually paid to what Guy thought, but Grug always took on the responsibility of making the final call.

After so much time working out every little shot in the dark, deciding on every gamble, it had been nice to have people to help him make decisions with. He was glad to have it again now.