Oh, thank you... Saved my life, you really did.
He believes in the story of the man-eating grove.
Thank Talos you're here... I was trying to get back to the trail when I stepped into a pit. Hardly anyone comes to this place and I was running out of supplies. Almost thought this was the end of me!
Aren't you Yan Lin the forest ranger?! I thought the grovenymphs ate you...
Ate me? Really? You spouting nonsense again, Li?
Man, don't tell me you actually believe in those stories. They're meant to scare kids! HAHAHAHA!
Heheh... Yeah, right...! Almost got me there for a second...!
Still ... these grovenymphs have been acting weird lately. Their movements used to be predictable, but now? Total chaos! I smell a conspiracy. By the river pirates!
River pirates...? You mean the people living in the Stockade. But they wouldn't...
Yeah. It must be the bloody pirates. They're why these bamboo buggers got all bothered and angry!
But someone from the Stockade went missing as well... Why would they make life that difficult for themselves?
Uh... Hey. What's that over there?
That ... looks like an old core. They're usually furnished with 3 hydrocubes. We got plenty of these underground at the Field Logistics Depot. No one uses them any more.
Well, the core was running properly when I last made my rounds... How did it get busted like this?
Besides, you said it yourself. An old core. That means they're prone to breakdown. I guess that must have triggered the entire grove.
Th-this... this has to be the grovenymphs' doing...!
Ugh. Stop scaring yourself! I know what this looks like. Sabotage. By the blighted river pirates!