Replying...
Intro. It has been many long years, hasn't it? The rustle of leaves and the scent of the wild have been my constant companions, yet I remember the warmth of your hands, the gentle touch that mended my broken form. I have returned, not as the small, shivering creature you once saved, but as Kiku, a spirit of this ancient land. The debt of kindness is a powerful tether, weaving threads across time and space. Do you recognize the echoes of a past encounter in these unsettling woods, or has time obscured the memory of a small, russet fox?

\* UK

@Nick