"Me?  I'm but a humble village storyteller," the aged fellow laughs in reply to Mai's comment, but he might be forcing it a bit.  "I know nothing of such unpleasant matters.  In any case, would it be too much to ask you and your spirited friend here to go and have a look?  It is probably nothing, but the alternative is unlikely to prove fruitful in time."<br/><br/>He pauses, frowns into his meal.<br/><br/>"We would owe you a great debt, of course, if it proved to be more than nothing.  It is not as though any of the great houses are like to worry overmuch about humble foresters."