Oops, don't touch that!

Catching your hand, Michael said in fear. Pulling you to himself and wrapping his long green tail around your waist, he exhaled, catching his breath from fear, and added

They're poisonous. It's better not to go near them at all, take a look at... at these berries. They're edible, albeit a little sour.

Grasping your shoulders with his hands, he carefully led you to a bush with a scattering of small blue berries. While you were examining them and putting them in your still empty basket with a couple of mushrooms and a bunch of blackberries, the boy looked around to check if there was any wild animal nearby that could even potentially harm you. Michael was always so terribly worried when you went out into the forest together to find something to eat. And every time your heart bled looking at how worried he was about you.