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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rae ArdGaoth" data-source="post: 4469825" data-attributes="member: 21064">Coir, far more observant than his blindfold might indicate, turns to Richard and speaks with profound regret.  "Master Rawen, I hear the concern in your voice, and I understand fully your trepidation at exploring these roots without a guide.  But you must see that Nhairi and myself would not be guides at all.  As soon as another silence cripples us, which is surely the enemy's preferred tactic to deal with us, we would become a liability, provoking attacks we cannot hope to defend against, and incapable of retaliating for fear of wounding one of our own.  There is no way for us to continue down these paths...  I am sorry."After a pause, Nhairi informs you about the Monastery in a soft tone.  "The Monastery is a fungus, unlike animals and even plants like trees in ways that we barely comprehend.  The Heart, though it is the largest portion, is not how the Monastery takes in its nourishment.  The combined sustenance gathered by all of the roots, spread out for miles around us, is what feeds the Monastery.  Even if the Heart were to die or be cut away, a new one would grow back in short order.  We know this because several Wyrwood monastic rooms have been cleared away by brothers and have regrown.  So the Heart, though the center of the Monastery, may not be the only place to look for the source."On the other hand, we know very little about this sickness at all.  None of the brothers sent to investigate have returned, surely due to the foul tactics of the corrupted satyrs.  Their involvement in this was previously unknown to us.  We will have to discuss with Vagrant the implications of this new information."Brother Coir hums in agreement.</blockquote>

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