Lorn was listening to Mithnella when he seen it again from the corner of his eye hiding behind some thick brush. He knew it was the same being because he caught his scent on the breeze as the wind shifted. Whatever it was seemed to only be watching them for the moment but Lorn still had no idea of what it was or its intent.<br/>Without any warning Lorn teleported behind the brush but it was gone already. Lorn scanned the area and seen the little fella up in a tree. Although Lorn had never actually seen one, it appeared to be a gnome. Then gnome quickly made an amazing jump to another tree when he realized he had been discovered. "That is why his scent seemed to disappear, with the ability to make a leap like that, his scent would just be gone."<br/>Lorn teleported upward and towards his direction appearing as a sparrow and flew after the tiny gnome who lept to the ground and sped away. The little fella was fast and if not for Lorn's constant teleporting he would have quickly lost sight of him. Lorn had attempted to appear in front of him on several occassions only to have him quickly change direction and avoid capture.<br/>The gnome made another of his seemingly impossible jumps and Lorn seen his chance as he teleported directly in front and a little below him. Lorn quickly grabbed the gnome's leg and teleported them safely to the ground. The little gnome kicked and flailed but eventually realized the futiliy of his actions and calmed down.<br/>Lorn gazed smiling at the gnome amused by appearance while he had tried desperately to escape his grasp. "Don't worry little fella, I have no intention of harming you, I only want to ask you a few questions. For starters, what do you know of the fate of the Elves of Enclaryln? Do you know where they have gone?"<br/>Lorn didn't feel the eyes that gazed upon him from deep within the cave. The wind carried no scent to him, as a matter of fact, the wind blew towards the cave keeping the scent from him.<br/>The gnome seem to ignore his questions and threatened him instead. "You would do well to release me, I am protected by great magic."<br/>Lorn transformed into a large werewolf and licked his lips before he spoke in a low growl. "Maybe it is the same magic that took my people. Perhaps I should eat you so that I may confront this magic and inquire the fate of my people from them."<br/>"No! No! You would not want to eat me! Gnomes are well known for their bitter taste and we don't set well on the stomach. Anyway, I am barely large enough to make a snack. If I knew anything of your people I would tell you, surely you have to believe I would not lie to such a ferocious creature as yourself."<br/>Lorn smiled a toothy wolf's grin as he chuckled which sounded quite menacing from the throat of a werewolf. "I am not sure what to believe of a gnome. I hear your kind are quite sly and adept in they ways of trickery. Perhaps all your words are lies and I should eat you just so that I won't be swayed by your cunning. You don't smell like you would taste so bad and what would a gnome know about a werewolf's tastebuds anyway?"<br/>There was a thunderous rumbling that errupted from the tiny gnome that was actually felt by Lorn even in the leg in which he held up the little fellow. A more than foul stench drifted across the nostrils of Lorn which nearly caused him to lose the sandwich he ate not long before. The little gnome smiled his own toothy grin at his captor while he spoke. "My appologies, I get nervous when I am about to be eaten. Surely I don't smell so delictable now? Hehehe!"<br/>Lorn had to turn to put the gnome downwind of him in an attempt to escape the stench. "Now that was uncalled for. Arhg. What could you possibly have eaten to create such an odor? Yuck! I think my mouth was open." Lorn switched back to his elven form to try and reason with the gnome. "Listen, we got off to a bad start, lets start over. I am not going to hurt you, I just want to find out what happened to my people. They have all disappeared by what obviously was some kind of magical occurence. I found you sneaking around the city, I think you have an idea of what happened to them. You help me and maybe we can find some way for me to help you. Surely there is something you desire? Are you hungry? We could sit and talk over a meal."<br/>The gnome pondered the suggestion momentarily before he answered. "My stomach does feel a bit empty now. I say it would be a good place to start providing I wouldn't have to eat upside down. Its bad for my digestion."<br/>"I will release you as long as you don't try to run, I can catch you again and I would be less likely to believe you next time." Lorn put the gnome down and watched as he staightened out his clothes, it was then that he noticed movement from within the cave.