In Which Hazani Continues to Be Uncooperative
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 104027
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Fred doesn't know how they got the drop on him, but he doesn't even notice until Merek points it out to him, and then it's all he can notice. If he tries to break the flower's stem, it just grows right back, twice as fast as before. Slender vines grow all around him, from which more flowers spring, and soon his entire body will be encased in plants. Fred does not like this idea. But fortunately, Merek has realized something, and as they withdraw from the territory of the strange women's voices, he tells him: "Those were dryads, wood nymphs. I think Diana was one of them." "Diana isn't a dryad," Fred says, confused. "Maybe she wasn't, but I believe she is now. I sensed something different about one of those women. I can't be sure, but I know a way we can be." On returning to the village, Merek concocts a potion. As he stirs the bowl intently, Fred rubs his arms uncomfortably. He's almost totally covered in vines now. Movement is becoming a problem. "She's not just a dryad, she's a hamadryad, and I know where her tree is," Merek announces suddenly. He and Fred head off to the outskirts of town, where a tall lithan tree stands. Merek calmly places his hand upon it, and when he removes it, Fred sees a scorch mark on its bark. Instantly, a tall, gorgeous woman drops from the tree, and rears up in front of Merek, eyes like venom. She's just reaching out towards him when he says confidently, "Hello, Diana." The nymph pauses very briefly, and then claws her fingernails across his face. Instantly little sprouts begin to grow out of the ruts, and Merek screams. "Diana," Fred says, "it's me." The hamadryad looks at him in satisfaction. "Soon you will join the forest," she hisses. "Diana, I don't know when or how you became like this, but I'm sorry. I—" "Sorry?" The nymph laughs contemptuously. "This is the best thing that has ever happened to me. My life has meaning. I have my tree, and my sisters." "Diana, you're not a dryad, you're a woman." "You probably also believe that you're a man," she hisses. "But that won't be true for much longer." And she disappears up the tree. It's true; by now Fred looks like a walking garden, and he doesn't even want to know what the final product is meant to look like. Next to him, Merek says, "Well, that was less than successful. What shall we do now?"
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