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[The video call comes around twilight, and the phone seems to be propped against a rock or something. Drizzt is nearby, a low fire crackling in a shallow fire pit surrounded by rocks. Saddled up against the rocks is a small pot and steam can be seen rising from it.

More interesting is what Drizzt is doing as the feed starts. Perched on his gloved hand is a clearly adolescent Great Horned Owl. It's flight feathers are only just beginning to grow in, and Drizzt is feeding it strips of flesh from a rabbit carcass nearby.]

The wildlife here is not unlike my home. This one's parents were taken by predators before he was ready to feed himself, but such is the way of nature.

[There's no hint of sadness in his voice, but rather awe. Nature, is, in fact, a wondrous thing, even when seeing the darker side.]

I have a home in mind for this one, as he is approaching that age where training is necessary and while I am able to feed, I am no birder.

[He smiles fondly at the fledgling has he eagerly swallows the meat he's being given.]

Have any others here had success in rearing animals native to this place? I know of animals coming with arrivals, but I have not heard of successes with the locals.

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It is a good thing you have done. We are also a part of nature. In my world...it seems this is sadly being forgotten by the day. There is all taking with no giving back.

Gwearon Windstrom is the patron deity of the forest, I serve as one of his rangers and have for nearly 20 years now. We do our best to maintain her in the face of progress.

Have you ever seen this deity? Gwearon Windstrom?

No, and I more believe Deities embody ideals rather than...actual bodies.

[ah...this is a concept that dae's never heard before. and yet it makes more sense to him this way.]

Mmm. The Ruinwood. The Ruinwood is my deity.

The Ruinwood? I've never heard of such a place.

It was my home, a place of goodness. I love it more than my own self.

[He has only recently learned that feeling, and only partially.]

Tell me of your home?

Once, it was twisted and despised - misunderstood more than anything. It is not the ugly place others believed it to be, but a peaceful one. Flowers bloom there, and every Spring brings the newborns. The water is clean and sweet, and her dirt will yield anything that you plant, if only you give it the proper attention.

What was it, then, that gave it such a reputation?

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