Swamped

"Y'know the mallows? Harmless little puffy things, always swimmin' through the muck? I passed by their breeding grounds earlier."

"Are you going somewhere with this, Crosswinds?"

"They all had rainbow feathers. Couldn't see a single regular one in the lot. Now, I'm not an animal expert, but I've only heard about rainbow mallows being in the jungle."

"The jungle," you say. It takes you a while to fully process what he's saying. "You mean to tell me, whatever's bringing animals in from the desert is taking them from the jungle too now?"

"Could be. Could be they migrate here and nobody's noticed before. I'm just tellin' you what I saw, before I go and tell the Council about it. If you've got any thoughts on it, now's the time to share them with me."

Well. Do you have anything to say?