His happiness wavered, smile faltered and fell, and his arm slumped down. Daphnes shook his head and sighed. 'I was naive.' he thought, and walked forward between his Goron guests. Kneeling and putting a gentle hand on the shoulder of the child, he directed his voice and gaze towards the adult. "The child is clearly confused, your shouting will not help in this matter." The scathing words from the Zora made him wince for the child. "He will not come to harm in this sacred ground." He finished his statement gazing at all of them in turn. "No one will." And finally added with finality towards the zora's drawn weapon, the Goron's, and the hylian guest. "I hope I am understood."<br/><br/>Rising from the ground with a final pat to the boys shoulder, he made his way towards the base of the tree hoping they would follow. "Now sit and rest. You may think this a chance arrival but I have waited decades protecting this grove waiting for you four." He paused expecting doubt to show on their faces. "You may think me mad, but you could say the same for yourselves. You who made it through the ancient Lost Wood. Surely you know of the legends, all who enter doomed to be forever lost to the forest. Yet here you stand before me, unharmed. one by one. A free hylian man, an untainted Zora, and two surviving Gorons. All to meet here, in the one place left in all of Hyrule with sunlight shining through." He sat on the same stump he was previously on, surrounded by the saplings.<br/><br/>"Ganondorf can't touch this place. The Tree you see behind me is what is left of the Great Deku Tree, the spirit protector of this forest. He and the Kokori forest spirits were my family, and what you see is all that remains of them. The Great Tree is dead, having used the last of his magic to keep this grove safe. It was he who told me that I would find four souls enter this grove at once." He sighed, a small smile returning to his face. "He did not give me a when, nor did he say why, other than that it would be the last ray of hope to shine upon Hyrule." He stood and stretched at that moment with a silent yawn at his lips. "An old fable maybe, but in this realm of shadow we call our home now I choose to cling to what light there is left. My name is Daphnes travelers. Daphnes the Lost, and I pray you will join me to try and make the light left in this grove spread back out through Hyrule."