The heads disappear, and very soon three small green sprites rise from the shallow riverbed. They do not venture onto land as before. The new lead spokesperson does the talking. "This 'object of great importance' we know nothing about. I can't help you with that. This 'master', though... The girl you have in your arms went into the Wyrwood a few weeks ago. When she returned, she was changed. She was stronger, aye, and more eloquent with her words, but she acted strangely, too. She told us of this 'master', how he granted her these powers, and how he would grant us similar boons if we helped him. Not served him, mind you, just helped. It sounded like an alright deal, just dissuade travelers from entering the wood, using a little charm if necessary, not much more than we normally do. But she took it too far this time. We had no idea just how fervent she was for this 'master' of hers."
"Look, the Wyrwood is days away from here. We go there from time to time, to visit the wyrwood dryads, but mostly we stay here, in our river stretch. Whatever 'master' she found, he's not that awesome, or else he wouldn't have sent a little nixie to do his dirty work. Sorry about the confrontation, we never should have gotten involved. I'm afraid we didn't ask her too many questions. If you want details, good luck getting them out of her."
