Headscratchers / The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains

• Why didn't Flora simply break herself free from the thorn bush? Calum had put her knife out of reach, but she could very easily have ripped her hair apart strand by strand. It would have been painful and tedious, but better that then to remain exposed to the elements and starve to death.
  • She was tied to the tree bodily, not being secured with her hair as a leash. She had no ability to pull herself out, and Calum expected that someone would come along and free her.