Keeping his distance the stranger from the deep woods followed and observed. After watching Chad for a time he decided it'd be best to move along for now. The thought of confronting somebody so well armed wasn't appealing so early in the morning.<br/><br/>He continued on his original course, the settlement at the wood's edge.<br/><br/>It took a few hours for him to do what he had set out to do, snatch a child from the settlement. Luring the child into the edge of the woods was an easy enough task. His pack had been doing such a thing for decades, if not longer. This settlement was new and despite warnings chose to settle the wood's edge.<br/><br/>The child was busy looking through some underbrush when the stranger grabbed them up covering their mouth as he darted deeper into the forest. Once a safe distance from the settlement the child was tossed over the stranger's shoulder. Understandably the child was scared and started to cry, calling out for help.<br/><br/>"Be quiet." the stranger growled, recalling the woodsman's cabin was nearby, not that he was fully aware of it's exact location from him. He continued on cautiously trying to pass through the area undetected, not that the child would let that happen.<br/><br/>"HELP!" the child called out through sobs of terror as the stranger continued deeper into the forest.