After the run-in they'd had in the mountains, Mercury thought she would be glad for the change of place. In fact, she'd been downright eager when Li had tentatively opted for somewhere settled. Generally she preferred to explore more rugged areas; the more people there were, the greater the likelihood she was going to run into some jerk who thought she was only a dumb beast. Alas, she wasn't allowed to kick
all of them, much as she would have loved to.
This, however... This was not what she had in mind.
"How many more corn fields are we going to pass?! I'm sick of corn already!"