"I did nothing to force Nautilus's existence, you just answered the call to wake -- again, in a rather strange way."

She shook her head, taking a couple of steps back so that she wouldn't be within immediate range of the blade should he choose to swing it again. She wasn't foolish enough to remain close, not when the boy before her was still an unknown.

"I have not heard of the Forest of Silence, but it is safe to say you are no longer there."