She finds the old man at his post by the gate with the boy. Unlike the admiration and desire the boy's eyes hold, he seems less than enthusiastic about her presence. The boy naturally shoots dark looks at him for failing to see how deserving of worship his new idol is.<br/><br/>"Shigemori took over a farm two hour's walk into the mountains. Many have been abandoned there, dark things live in the heights of the mountains and with the Lord's soldiers gone there have been no patrols to drive the goblins or ogres back into their caves."<br/><br/>He describes the trail that will lead her toward the farm.<br/><br/>"It may take some effort to find if you've no woodscraft, Shigemori chose one off the beaten paths. Perhaps he's grown wary, perhaps it's closer to whatever he seeks. He certainly did not share his counsel with us."