At twenty-minutes to sunset, Theo ported back to Tourmaline Bog. There were a couple of big surprises that greeted him.
The first of the surprises was a nice dry platform that had been built so that he didn't have to splash into the water immediately upon porting to the random odd spot where the portal had been set within the bog.
Since he and Daran had just passed by this way only one day ago, this platform had to have been erected within the day.
The second surprise was that sitting on the platform was a very pregnant dwarven woman with short blonde hair.
"Carol!" Theo greeted her. "What in the world are you doing way out here?"
"Theo!" Carol smiled. She stood up and reached out to give him an awkward hug.
Theo was very tall and she was very short, so he had to bend his body almost in half just to reciprocate because her face was at the height of his belly button.
"Where is Daran?"
