What the slugs and ants had to say was difficult to understand since the words “infiltrated” and “unfamiliar” were hard to translate. One girl, the gray-eyed Katherine, the only child who was being raised by Ombric and who actually lived in Big Root, had the best grasp of the conversation.
“There’s something new and strange in the forest,” she told the others. The insects weren’t sure what it was. The question of whether these invaders would turn out to be good or evil hadn’t entered the children’s minds. They were just doing as they had been taught: to be curious. So lanterns in hand, they set out, eager to discover their new mysterious guests.
Nicholas Saint North and the Battle of the Nightmare King Chapter 3
