'Greetings. You are new here, are you not? Well, that is wonderful. I love meeting new people, even if we do not get to meet many very often. Since Bain has you helping us, I have a chore for you.

'As you can see, we are a village of huts... lots and lots of huts. Sadly, these huts do not stand up well to being half-submerged in swamp-water all day. They are in constant need of repair, and what better way to repair them than with mud. It patches holes and makes things new again.

'Can you bring us some mud-balls then? The beetles of the area east of here love to gather up the mud and roll it into neat little balls. I am not sure why, but we use them to patch our huts.'