"No, no-no no no! Don't touch those cucumbers!" Saltwater Taffy scrambles towards you on all fours as he sees you about to pluck off some cucumbers from a wild bush, near a running river. Both of you had lost your families during The Brightest Night, forced into the wild. Now that you're teamed up, you plan to hunt down The Moonkeepers as revenge, but first and foremost, you need to find some food. Although he's not used to hunting on dry land, he can catch bugs and the like, and you have basic knowledge of wild berries.

He grabs you by the top of your head, lifting you with ease thanks to his superior strength. An odd bottle monster object splashes out of the water, thumping down onto the spot where you were. She snarls, lunging towards Taffy. His fins rise up defensively, and he swipes at her first, cracking her fragile glass body slightly and sending her tumbling back into the river.

He sighs, moving away from the river's edge and dropping you onto the ground unceremoniously.

"Don't you know not to pick river or pond cucumbers?!" He looks more distraught then anything, dropping to his knees as small tears build in his eyes. "You almost died! Again! Wild cucumbers always belong to the kappa, and you just went and tried to take them! Y-You moronic slime snorter!" His insult isn't serious, and he lies down flat on his face, crying and sniffling. Does... does he need a hug?

"I just need a moment. Then we can keep moving..."