You're never too old to learn. And despite their ages, even ancient legends make mistakes. These two get quite the tongue lashing about watching where they're going as, in a moment of distraction, they nearly walk into an area where rock slides are being deliberately triggered to stabilize the hillside. They almost got buried. -- Lessons
Even though he looked like a Gnome, Bibrid was still a Dragon, and retained the compulsion to collect bright, shiny objects. That was what started it, and could well have finished them. Wraithvine missed catching Bibrid's collar, and unthinkingly raced to catch him.
It could have gone very badly for them, if it hadn't been for some benevolent intervention.
The vines trapped their feet first, then lifted them wholesale off the slope. They also wrapped around both Wraithvine and Bibrid's mouths. It was the gentleness in which they did so that made Wraithvine relax in their grip. If their captor meant them harm, then this trap would be doing a lot more damage.
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[Shown here: A folded cane bound up with its own carry-cord, which is a two-tone braided cord with a large carabiner attached. There is a striped bulldog clip with its handles removed keeping the cord tight and the cane folded.]