( Although Eddie can't see it, Ellie is grinning. Brief, but it's there, and maybe it can be heard in her voice a little bit. ) Yeah. And that's before you even get to the bloody wildlife. You know that if the Gympie-Gympie plant stings you, it just burns and burns for months? One bloke stumbled into one, got stung across the face-- couldn't see for days. Like one of those triffid things, only without the walking. Or eating people, I guess.

( One can only hope. It is Australia, after all. )

Kinda. Some friends and I were camping when we got invaded. We just kind of... tried to do things that'd help.

( Sometimes it worked out well, sometimes not so much. )

Yeah? What happened where you're from?