<em>Cut to...</em><br/><br/>Early the next morning, just before Dawn, you depart the tiny village and turn your steps toward the mountain and the lairs of the Grey Ones.  The guard who lets you out through the gate takes a fair amount of care to raise his voice when he threatens you to watch your step if you dare insult the noble and generous House of Yi ever again.  This is contrasted a moment later when, looking a bit sheepish, he lowers his voice and apologizes before adding that "it would be better for all if Chao Yi were to volunteer to throw himself off of a high cliff into whark-infested waters..."<br/><br/>Your course takes you through heavier and more tangled parts of the forest, away from the paths used by human feet.  Eventually, a well-worn animal trail leads you to a clearing where you can rest for a moment and get a bit of refreshing sunlight.<br/><br/><em>Ling, what feels 'wrong' around the earth around here?</em><br/><br/><em>Mai, what lore would you want to pass on to Ling about the Grey Ones?</em>