Korlash ignored Jin's question, instead craning his head to look out at the window. there was a large gathering of elves, all looking at the same thing. He got up and walked to the door, opening it up. His eyes widened with disbelief as he looked on at his wolf friend, nearly dead. He quickly got down on the ground and looked over the wolf. It was still breathing. There was still time to save it. He rushed back into the hut looking for any of the leftover mushroom. He grabbed the last bit of it, only a few drops, and fed it to the wolf, hoping it would be enough to cure him or at least extend his life to the slightest. He looked with worry. This was a final sign. Somehow the forest was withering. He didn't know for sure what it was, but it was deadly, and killing everything He had to tell the village. whether they believed him or not didn't matter. He walked out to the front of the crowd, and shouted out to them all.

"Listen up! This forest is dying. even now the trees and plants of the inner forest are withering. This may sound strange. I myself would question it too. But what I saw in there, the dead animals, the dying foliage, something is killing this forest.Please listen to me. We need to move away from here or we will die as well." Korlash looked to their faces hoping to see understanding.

The elves looked and sneered. Who was this man, thinking he could tell them what to do. He didn't know about this forest. He hadn't lived here as long as they had. They wanted him out of the village, to stop the spreading of fear and lies.