Tas’s wanderlust and forgetfulness

“Still, someone ought to scout—”
“I will, Tanis,” Tas volunteered, popping up out of the brush beneath Tanis’s elbow. “No one would ever suspect a kender traveling alone.”
Tanis frowned. Tas was right—no one would suspect him. Kender were all afflicted with wanderlust, traveling throughout Krynn in search of adventure. But Tas had the disconcerting habit of forgetting his mission and wandering off if something more interesting caught his attention.

Excerpt From Dragons of Autumn Twilight, pg 130
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman