As soon as the fake hunter was frozen, the ice began to crack, and then shattered altogether, taking the old man with it, rifle and all. Two small seeds dropped to the ground where the 'defense mechanism' had been standing. "That. Was. AWESOME!" Francis cheered. One of the seeds was pure white, the other a orange tint. Francis reverted to his human form, then picked up the orange one and examined it.<br/><br/>"Yep, this should do nicely." He dug a small hole in the ground and put the seed in the hole, then covered it up. Turning to Elin, he said "I can't touch the white seed. it is specifically there for you to plant."<br/><br/>As he said this an orange mist not unlike the transformation induced one encircled him. "See you on the other side!" he said, giving a mock salute before the mist covered his head. when it vanished, he was no longer standing there. in his place was an orange flower with -oddly enough- a white center with small black spots on the white part.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF8000">_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________</span><br/><br/>On the 'Other Side' that Francis spoke of he appeared to be standing on the exact same location as he was previously apart from a much wider variety of flora and fauna. what appeared to be a man with bird claw-like arms and legs with wings protruding from his back landed twenty feet away.<br/><br/>"Well, well, well... Francis! good to see you again! Still alone, I see. Pity, by this time I would have assumed you had a mate." The fox-boy blushed at the harpy's comment, and was glad it was taking some time for Elin to get here. "For your information, Jarek, I didn't come alone, so watch your mouth." He smiled and continued "Actually, I wanted to cash in a favor, so I'm glad you found me..."