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Originally Posted by VydorScope
Just enough that they get the picture and are not thinking of a walking path because later 20-30 soldiers are going to be on the trail and our hero is going to be face with a fight on that trail. None of that works if a person thinks he is following a game trail or something like that.
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If the character has never seen a wagon trail, he would not have the words to describe it. He would liken it to something he could relate to. It might well be a game trail or a large animal trail that he relates it to. But a trail so large that he could lay across that trail and it would span the space between his feet and his shoulders, or something like that.
Furthermore, if he likened it to a game trail or a large animal trail, he might well shudder or at least wonder at how strange an animal that could make such a trail could be.