However, the Alchemist would never know what kind of impact the forest ultimately had on him at this moment.
Just a second ago, had he chosen to retreat and left practically, without a clear idea of what was in the forest,
then all the outcomes and the eventual issues that might be worth facing would not have been too numerous, thereby making it particularly difficult for some to understand.
He might have avoided more mistakes by harboring some reverence for the matter within his heart.
Yet the situation could never be as people hoped, always able to conclude in the end, thus making it the most satisfactory clear thought about the problem.
Those presumptions of understanding the situation would subsequently need to switch to a different kind of analysis, a general awareness that would be a fine moment of clear seriousness.
In fact, facing more of the same in the days to come would all seem utterly meaningless.
