Take Apart Every Dress

“That is the warding grass I spoke of earlier. Those grasses do a fair amount to drive the monsters off — they give off a smell the monsters dislike, you see.”

“So it’s something like mosquito repellent.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“No — there is such a thing. But can those grasses really hold off a monster attack on their own?”

“There is food enough for them in the forest, so as a rule they do not come down as far as the village. And most of them live in the north of the forest besides. But with the drought dragging on...