The Guardian of Tree

"The saying about not to wander in the forest at night is mostly a scare show we got as a child, because we adult have to make living there, you know? But the common secret lurks between the tribes because, you know, the guardian is behind that bush or trees...somewhere. For us, it is just a being that happens to have some transcendental powers. But hey! We ain't some wannabe daredevils either! It just happen that the meats and roots are there to lengthen our days in this world.

The big ifs is that some of us may have in the bushes for too long because...you know, take a steep cliff and fall, for example. IT IS, and it is only if, you are strayed too far within the forest, he will come out and “guide” you back. Not because that he cares about you, but because he doesn’t get too fond with foreigner’s footsteps.“

- interview excerpt from the resident about the half-catatonic survivor from [...]