Near the mountains.

The base of the Western Pecho Peaks are in view. It'll only take another hour or so to reach them by foot. Though at this time, the sun is already setting, and it'll be best to set up camp out here instead of the mountains ahead. You doubt there will be much of a path to follow to your destination. It's going to be a lot of exhausting terrain--climbing, indirect winding paths, dangerous cliffs. Feli marked exactly where the cave should be on your map, but you still need to spot it. Hopefully you're able to do so.

As people are readying themselves, Tom casts his eyes to the sky. Delphi flutters by. Though his eyes widen, and he reaches back to grab his bow with impressive speed. He nocks an arrow, aims up, and you glance over just in time to witness what's happening.

An eagle with dark red feathers is swooping down. It has piercing yellow eyes and its body is almost twice the size of a regular bird of prey. Just before it clutches Delphi in its talons, the arrow is let loose, and it strikes straight through its body. It wobbles and descends downward, and as it does, Tom releases a second arrow straight through its neck. The double attack is enough to defeat it. The bird crashes into the grass near Eva setting up her bedroll. She turns and screams, and runs to hide behind you immediately.

"What the hell what that?!" you call out.

Delphi soars down to grab your shoulder. "I c-could have handled it," she mumbles.

"Hey. It's fine." You pluck her from your shoulder and hold her between your hands with care. "You're safe now."

She blushes and glances away. "I know I am... Thanks."

"You gotta look out to the sky when you're this close to the mountains," Tom explains. "Blood eagles nest up here. They'll even attack fully grown humans if they're hungry enough, but if you're smaller, like a gnome or a pixie, you're easy pickings."

She peeks over to him. "Thank you. We had cover in the Cackling Woods."

"No problem. I need to bring something to this party, huh?"

"Don't be so hard on yourself," you say. "You're a good shot."

He wanders over to the corpse of the creature and lifts it up by its legs. "I'm not a bad cook either. Looks like we're eating better than rations tonight. As dangerous as blood eagles are, they actually taste better than a regular eagle, making them a delicacies in some places. It's kinda funny. They're deadly hunters, yet they also have to worry about hunters."

Eva's eyes light up with excitement. "Ooh. Let me try! I want some!"

After dinner comes bed time. You drift off to sleep--stomach satisfied, though nervous that you may be meeting the Mother of Bunnyfolk tomorrow. You don't even know what to say, especially since you have no idea what she's going to be like. From that flashback Feli showed you, it seems like they're similar, but that's not necessarily a good thing.