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Out of all of his victims, he chose to keep me alive, but why?
Once upon a time in a small, quiet village, could be found small, quiet people.
The people weren't small in stature, but in demeanor.
The very few times anyone would happen onto the village, either passing through or perhaps to trade, they would always note the same things about the villagers.
They kept to themselves.
Spoke in short, timid sentences.
But above all,
People noted that they seemed kind.
They welcomed outsiders
Under one condition...
DO NOT GO INTO THE WOODS
Most people wrote it off as local superstition.
This was until one day when a young man came to the village.
He was a charismatic man that everyone took to.
Unfortunately, he was also very brash and ignored the warnings about the forest.
He entered the place against the warnings of the local blacksmith, the oldest man in the village and also the only one old enough to remember what happened the last time someone entered those evil woods.