Tehr startled when the voice spoke to him but he tried to recover quickly.  He bowed his head to the face in the tree and tried to appear as if he was calm even though he had just had quite a start.<br/><br/>"I pray that my companion and I are not intruding upon your lands," he said with a soft voice, "I seek only a meeting with a nymph, rumored to live in this area.  A great man has asked me to retrieve a lock of her hair and I come to barter with the noble nature spirit for such."<br/><br/>Tehr turned and gestured at Tera and said, "My companion is here only to help me.  While we have shared a bed together, and as recently as last night in fact, we are not seeking a child.  In fact I take care to use magics on myself every few days to ensure that my seed will not find hold in a woman's fertile soil."<br/><br/>"But speak spirit," Tehr was wary to avoid calling the woman in the tree a nymph, as he was not yet sure that was what he was looking for.  Rumors were that nymphs took the form of beautiful young women.  This could easily be some other force of nature.  He continued his thought, "Tell me if you could help me to make this task, and I will explain why it is that I am deserving of such a boon.  Or if needed we shall take any tests you require.  For I come to these woods with respect and reverence in my heart."