Next, we have a sleep trap, a ‘slow’ trap, and a ‘speed’ trap.” I interrupted her, <Whoa, whoa! Slow down! What do those do? The sleep one is self-explanatory, but…> “The ‘slow’ trap is used to hinder movements. If you have a really fast animal you are after, and it goes through this, it will move like it is stuck in honey. Very slowly,” Minya explained impatiently. “The speed trap is just the opposite. Say you have a large, powerful creature chasing you. If it goes through the trap, its momentum is increased drastically in whatever direction it is moving. Suddenly, the creature sprints
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