Jin listened quietly to the story, her hand going up gently to touch the eyebrow over Korlash's blind eye. She sighed, softly. "I will have to thank Leonce for his help. But... I do not understand why anyone would harm a forest. Trees do not harm people. Animals... maybe, but usually only if they are hungry and hunters are stupid." A frown crossed her face, and she looked around. But seeming to dismiss it, she looked toward him again. "The other thing you did not tell me. What is this?" She lay her hand over her heart. "Even though you are stubborn and foolish, and you rush into battle and hurt yourself... I still want to be... here. For the times that you smile. You have a nice smile. It makes me..." She fidgeted slightly, unsure. "It makes me want to do things to make you look that way always. You were kind to me when no one else was, and that is important, and... I know this is not my home, and you are not my family, but..." She rubbed the back of her neck. "Am I strange, for just wanting to be near you? If only to keep you from getting into more trouble than you can get out of alone?"

Her head turned as she seemed to hear a noise. "...that is... odd."