Despite the menacing appearance of the Stone Balls surrounding them, no one in the group was especially worried. There was a reason that the Quarry was known for being tedious and troublesome, not lethal, despite its fourth level danger zone designation. The fourth level designation was because the Stone Balls currently encircling Toz and the cats were indeed fourth level beasts. Pretty stupid and useless beasts, but fourth level nonetheless.
The Quarry was known for being a troublesome place to earn money from because it happened very easily that the tap collection went wrong, and the entire tree would petrify itself, limiting the amount of tree sap an explorer could collect in one go. But the most annoying thing to deal with when entering the Quarry was the Stone Balls.
