The lumberjacks, reluctantly, pulled away, still watching the exchange, and their fellows.<br/><br/>The charmed lumberjacks raised their weapons, but the nixie sighed. "Don't attack him, you idiots. He's trying to free you," she said.<br/><br/>"Melianse," she replied. "And I have no intention of hurting these men. They will plant two hundred new trees, each, to make up for every year they took from that poor tree, and then I'll let them go. Assuming he doesn't do something stupid," she said, gesturing towards the leader of the lumberjacks. "It shouldn't take them more than a few days, and that's being more than fair, for the life they stole."<br/><br/>She listened to his offer. "You may be young, but you are wise. Once they've repaid their debt, I will free them, and we can see about working together."