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Emotion 365: The Capitol of Wary, Cautious

This tiny city of a million sprites rests in the Old Pine Tree above Old Deep Pond. Sprites of air, water, fruit, and vegetable make their home here. They are sought after for their protective skills — they identify poisons, alert others to impending dangers, and warn of disasters others could not predict.

Despite its cares, Cautious is a bustling city. The sprites make equipment of wood, sap, and boar hair. For magicians, they are surprisingly technologically advanced. They communicate with sprites in other lands telepathically and are linked to The Old Tree. Even the silliest sprite knows the tree’s 1,000-year-old history. Over the ages, other sprite cities have been destroyed, but not Cautious.

The Old Tree has existed for ages and is well-hidden in Wary. Only the boars know the way and they are chiefly concerned with rearing their young and finding tender shoots to eat.

Visitors come to Cautious to receive warnings, talismans and wards. They become sprites, growing small and winged, as they pass through the Cautious gateways.

Miss Emeline Traveler came here early in her journeys and met Amma-Pom sprite who now travels with her.

“She tastes everything I eat before me,” Miss Emeline says. "Sometimes she teases me and says that delicious things are poison. Sometimes she provides too many warnings and I must disregard her in order to find adventure. Other times her alerts are useful and I avoid stepping into disaster. More than a few times Amma-Pom has certainly saved my life. In return, she asks only for fruit and affection.”

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