"Misha, he's dead. There's no point going back for him!" a man urged William's mother towards a cave entrance before she could turn around and run away for the second time. Two other villagers were waiting for them at the entrance, ready to seal the cave with the Earth Element at a moment's notice.
"He's still alive, I swear! There's no way he can be dead after all that!" Misha cried as she recalled the kind words Torc said while defending her from a group of Wind Wolves that had torn down her home.
"You have to live, for William's sake! One day he will be strong, and he needs his mother alive when that happens! I'm just an aging man, with nowhere to go and no one to live for. The least I can do is help a friend in need..."