Whether commoner or noble, do not approach a spider lightly. I'd been with groups that used boar spears to hunt them, and at most times two thirds of the squad was down with injuries or status conditions. That said, we didn't have a lot of healing potions.
But anyway, we "accidentally" left the back door unlocked.
Now, Perception sub-statistic is based on Insight, which I had at average level. But each of my animal senses had ranks also, which either added to or replaced those. Now, I haven't been open with which of those I'd been improving.
Most of that is because I didn't; sure, there was plenty of trash and some of that was wood or food that had a nutrition value. But every day wasn't a good day, and at some point I just needed to sleep.
The other reason is... I have too much experience with jealousy.
Oho, you think I can't hear your heart beat speed up? Can't see the oxygen in your blood increase?
So I know there are sharp minds out there that look at the obvious plot hooks and are offended. For you, I'm sorry.
And I know I've promised more juicy action and interaction scenes, and I'm honestly working on providing those. I'm just in the work-hard play-hard phase of the weekend. While it is good to visit friends, I also have a commitment to you, and I'm sorry if the recent chapters are evidence of that.
As always, thank you all for your continued readership. I really hope my days of washing literal crap out of things are behind me, but... nope, gross, not even saying it.