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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gregor" data-source="post: 5535517" data-attributes="member: 11751">Papuvin listens and replies: "It is a pleasure to meet you all, though I do not know of these places you mention: this pass of gates and the Lyceum.  We Seela rarely leave our woods and for centuries the only people we spoke to were the Elves who also enjoyed isolation.  As for being besieged, the answer is no.  Some of us are hunters and warriors in addition to being singers and poets.  We are armed to protect ourselves from the merrow that live in the lake and the crazed animals that sometimes wander into the village."He dips a large hollowed out gourd into a vat of water and takes a drink before passing it around.  He wipes his mouth with the back of his arm, and speaks again: "As for assistance, I fear you have been misled. " He stars disapprovingly at Tiljann before continuing. "It is the duty of the Seela to sing the Song of Forms and to keep the evil spirit imprisoned in the lake.  When it was free it spread fear and violence in our woods.  The great Anyariel perished battling and shackling it to the earth with her blade.  It has since corrupted the soul of the forest and imbued it with the flames.  Now, its fate, and ours, is tied to that horrible creature.  To end the song would be to end the Seela.  I, and the community, are not looking to end it." Tiljann speaks up when Papuvin finishes: "But there must be a way for us to end the song, free the forest from the eternal flames and still live.  Vuhl has convinced more than half of our village to stop singing and merely let death take us.  What will we do then?  Merely burn away into ash along with the woods?" Papuvin quiets Tiljann with a raise of his hand: "Hush child.  You are young and still have much to learn.  Vuhl is unhappy and cannot see what his duties are.  The true Seela here in the village will always do their duty.  Now, you may stay and converse with your new friends for a while, but then you must let them sleep.  They have traveled far and likely still have many miles to go."  He stands up and heads out of the cave.  Before fully exiting, he turns back to face you and says: "You are welcome to sleep here for a few days.  If you need me, I will be amongst the villagers, just ask around."After Papuvin leaves, Tiljann looks down at the ground in embarrassment.  She looks up sheepishly and says: "I did not mean to deceive you, but I am the only one here who thinks there might be a way to end the suffering and save the Seela.  If you still want to know my ideas, I would like to discuss them.  If not ... I can leave you alone."  </blockquote>

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