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crystal: How far do you think we've gone?
turnip: I don't know. I was hoping to keep the edge of the woods in sight, but I can't see it anymore. I hope we haven't gone in very far.
crystal: Well, let's just go this way, and get closer to where we came in.
turnip: But this way goes deeper into the woods. The way we came in is behind you.
crystal: I... I don't think so. How can we be so lost already?! I couldn't have walked more than twenty paces!
turnip: I warned you, this place is evil.
crystal: You're right about that. There's definitely SOMETHING evil here, I can sense it... but it's a type of evil I've never come across. It's an impersonal evil... There's no hate, and no desire... but it's some sort of evil...
crystal: Maybe coming here was a bad idea...
turnip: Are you beginning to have second thoughts?
crystal: I don't know... there's something very creepy about this place... it's so quiet...
crystal: I'm not sure we'll find anything here that'll help us save Barlow.
crystal: We have to start looking for the chickarees. Look for signs of small mammals.
turnip: Well, I AM a small mammal, and I don't see any signs of any others...
turnip: In fact, I don't smell any animals at all.
crystal: Hey, there's something moving over there!
turnip: It's Barlow!
crystal: Barlow! What are you doing here?!
crystal: Barlow?! Where are you going? Come back here!
turnip: What's going on here?
crystal: Let's follow him.
turnip: Are you crazy?! What would Barlow be doing in the woods? And why wasn't he purple?
crystal: I don't know... Oh. You don't suppose he died already, do you? Maybe this is where people go when they die.
turnip: I don't think so. I think we just saw some sort of illusion.
crystal: Something is not right here. That can't be Barlow.
crystal: What would Barlow be doing here in the woods? In a place that nobody ever goes to. And why wasn't he purple?
turnip: It's very strange. I agree.
crystal: What really lives in these woods? What do we know for sure?
turnip: I don't know. I must say it's odd though... do you hear anything out there?
crystal: No. It's like there's no animal life out there at all. It's just these big trees.
turnip: So its not demons that live in here?
crystal: Not that I can sense. It's just trees... and fog.
crystal: Is there anything else we can do?
turnip: We can try to find a way out of here. You know that nobody ever comes out of the woods once they go in.
crystal: Oh, we can't be too far from the edge.
turnip: How do you know?
crystal: There's garbage strewn all over ground around here. It can only be thrown so far.
crystal: I really think we should go back now.
turnip: But what about our quest? What about Barlow's curse?
crystal: Oh, I knew you'd say that. I don't know. I don't know anything anymore. This place is just too creepy... and I think it's messing with my head somehow.
crystal: Something is trying to draw us deeper into the woods.
turnip: What makes you so sure of that?
crystal: Oh, it's a classic demon trick. Luring people into remote places is one of our favorite pastimes.
crystal: Only, I don't think that it's a demon in this case. The whole woods seem to be involved in this.
crystal: Why don't we see chickarees?
turnip: What do you mean?
crystal: Well, we just saw what we thought was Barlow. Obviously, it was some kind of trick, but WHY did it show us Barlow?
turnip: Because it wanted us to follow it.
crystal: No. We came here looking for purple chickarees. If we had been shown purple chickarees, we would've certainly followed them, probably to some painful doom.
turnip: Maybe the evil forces don't know what they look like?
crystal: Exactly. Maybe they can only show us things that we've seen in real life. Or maybe they can only show us things that actually exist.
turnip: You mean...?
crystal: It's just a theory.
crystal: We've done as much as we could... certainly more than anyone else was willing to do
turnip: So we've failed? That's it?
crystal: For saving Barlow, maybe. Maybe there's no way to save him. Maybe there never was.
turnip: So how do we get out of here?
crystal: We follow the garbage.
turnip: What did you find?
crystal: It's a box... with a picture of a purple chickaree on it!
turnip: What?
crystal: There's a note staples to the side of the box... "Every purchase of a Squirrelco Espresso Machine comes with a limited-edition collectible featuring our lovable squirrel mascot...
crystal: Please note that due to a factory error, figurines are only available in purple."
crystal: We fools we've been!