"... We trudged through the Moisture Forest to the south of Egon."
"... The forest there is filled with towering ancient trees, their vast roots plunging directly into the shallow wetlands. The aerial roots are dense and tangled, blocking out the daylight..."
"... The Dwarf Holuoke spotted a dense reed thicket and said there might be some high ground suitable for camping."
Gita propped up the book in her hands, which floated about an inch or two above her left palm, spread open. It was large, perhaps requiring the embrace of Miss Natural Historian's both hands to close it. But at that moment, she lifted it effortlessly.
The book had brass covers with a keyhole at the center, encircled by five leaf-shaped gemstones: a deep blue Lapis Lazuli, a blood-red Crimson Agate, a verdant Peridot, a colorless Tearstone, and right above the keyhole, a golden Opal Crystal.