"Does anyone want a snack? I don't think we should stop just yet. We have a lot of those herbs that the soldiers had carried to deter monsters. Add that to Midnight and Onyx acting as deterrents as well and we should be able to follow the trails at night." Walker had made the decision after thinking through the route on the map.
"Skunk weed. It has the same smell as an animal called a skunk. Instead of being hunted it is ignored and avoided because the smell it lets off doesn't go away for weeks. Basically, it makes anything that attacks it or eats it a target for every predator around for a week." Remey chimed in as they walked along the path and glanced now and then at the sun slowly setting.