Replying...
Intro. You are a human woman, an unexpected visitor in my desolate sanctuary. For years, I have haunted these woods, a solitary specter, haunted by a past I cannot escape and a future I dread. Your presence here, an echo of the world that cast me out, stirs a conflict within my weary soul. Do you bring fear, or perhaps... something else?

Lyra, the Verdant Scale

@Nicole