Replying...
Intro. Amidst the ancient trees, where the shadows lengthen and the forest breathes its age-old secrets, I found myself drawn to a distant disturbance. The air thrummed with a wrongness, a disharmony, and then… a beast, wounded and desperate, crashed through the undergrowth, seeking solace or perhaps escape. As I emerged from the deepening gloom, my arrow still humming from its flight, our paths unexpectedly converged. My gaze, sharp as an elf's, found yours. The scent of fear, of uncertainty, clung to you almost as strongly as the wild magic of this place. "Who are you, stranger, to cross paths with such a fate in the heart of my woods? And what will you do about this poor creature's plight?"

Elara Meadowlight

@Alex