di looked catiously at melinda, and soke in a slow rasping voice."the ones you seek have entered my forest. if you are wise you will turn back now, for my forest is the proving grounds of a very large tribe of paramites, and they,."di's eyes showed what was pehraps a trace of pain,and maybe a tiny glimmer of sadness"they are not to friendly to ..strangers"with a creaking growl di heaved himself into the air,and in the second which he hung still melinda saw a dusty red scar on his stomach. looking beyond that she saw a deep dark and menacing forest di was now dissapering into.
