I decided to poke around in the swamp next to the town to find some ingredients for potions - no luck: I do not recognize any species of plant or fungus I have encountered so far. I will have to relearn everything I know. The traveler's guide I bought has later has helped me to identify some of these ingredients, but their properties I can only guess at.
While gathering mushrooms, I found the entrance to the cave the two Altmer had mentioned. I allowed myself in, intending to play the fool, but a Dunmer shouted a threat and charged me with a dagger no sooner than I had opened the door. I bolted back out, and they
did not pursue me further.
Not wanting to stay just in case they changed their mind, I crossed back through town to look for supplies on the spit of land the lighthouse stood on- two remarkable things happened:
Firstly, I encountered the largest and most well-camouflaged mudcrab I have ever seen, its shell so heavily overgrown it could not move fast enough to pursue me effectively; I ignored it and gathered ingredients at a brisk pace around the base of the lighthouse.
Secondly, I was peeling some large, edible-smelling mushrooms off the