He shakes his head. "No. I am not a mere traveler. I didn't happen to come this way. And unless your a spirit yourself...you wouldn't understand. More importantly you wouldn't believe me even if I told you how I happened to be in here. In the right place at the right time." he says bluntly. "You can doubt what you will mylady...it won't change the fact I didn't ask them for a thing. Aside from a bit of food, drink, and resting here."<br/><br/>He closes his eyes. And doesn't answer her first three questions at the moment. "I didn't ask the villagers for anything. My reward comes with knowing that in the end...they will be safe. And only when they are safe and the tree spirit has been aided...will I be moving on." he says. Looking at her. "Again...I did not ask them for anything. Did you once here me asks them for more than a bit of food and some water?"<br/><br/>He merely pushes her sword away from his neck. Carefully. "One...I will not. Two...I can not. And three...I am not going anywhere until...nevermind. I just can't until I am given orders to do so from powers you wouldn't understand. Not unless you ARE one of those powers." he says. Glaring a tiny bit at her.<br/><br/>He shakes his head. "Oh? So your one of those foolish people...hmm? You believe that anything and everything that went wrong...is the spirits doing or fault?" he looks truly disgusted and angry with that line of thinking. "A spirit is not at fault for what happens to them. The spirits are beings as well....and even spirits can get sick and defenseless. But only under the strain of a great evil...or something is poisoning or tainting their spiritual source. In this case...her tree."<br/><br/>He looks at her and his eyes narrow. "And I could say the same of you...but I happen to know better. My feeling is you aren't a demon but since I am not a 100% sure that my gut instinct is correct..." he pauses.  "...I'll be keeping my theories to myself." He sighs. "Even spirits can weaken if the strain put upon them."<br/><br/>He closes his eyes. "I am not from here. And I am not telling a mortal where I was born and raised." he says cryptically. "Such knowledge is to be kept to those who understand and respect such knowledge." again cryptically. "I am traveling...because that is what the spirits tell me to do." he says simply but honestly. "If and when the spirits tell me to stop or to go somewhere...that is what I do." he was being totally honest. You could see it in his eyes.<br/><br/>He sighs and shakes his head. "To help the spirits...I would give my life." he says bluntly. "I am more than just a mere "traveling" warrior mylady." he says. "I go where I am needed. And then I move on when I am told to do so. The spirits are all I have mylady. They are my friends. They are my family. Without them...I would have nothing but materialistic things."