in tenebris est veritas.
“Build your hut, then. Find your corner of the Undergrove, or pitch your tent at the Leap. But do not clear land for farming. Do not cut stone for walls. The traditions of civilization are not welcome here. If you and your people are to survive in this place, it will be as hunters and gatherers. It will be in communion with nature, not despite it.”
There is no more anger in their tone, but nonetheless persistence. The insinuation is that Chaele will do everything in their power to prevent injury to the forest, no matter what it means for refugees from war. Still, the shaman takes pity on them. “You think they cannot live this way, but in truth it is the settlements that have it wrong. It is in our blood, our instinct to survive in the wild.” With a relenting sigh she adds, “I am certain that I could simply build a waystation, instructing wanderers how to survive and providing basic materials to do so, and that would be enough.”
There is no more anger in their tone, but nonetheless persistence. The insinuation is that Chaele will do everything in their power to prevent injury to the forest, no matter what it means for refugees from war. Still, the shaman takes pity on them. “You think they cannot live this way, but in truth it is the settlements that have it wrong. It is in our blood, our instinct to survive in the wild.” With a relenting sigh she adds, “I am certain that I could simply build a waystation, instructing wanderers how to survive and providing basic materials to do so, and that would be enough.”
