"I shouldn't wake up." The dryad says softly. "I'll go back to sleep now — perhaps forever. Thank you for pers

"I shouldn't wake up." The dryad says softly. "I'll go back to sleep now — perhaps forever. Thank you for persuading Falchos. It's better for him to be far away, but alive. Here, take this, I don't need it anymore." The dryad hands you a small chest and then, without another word, vanishes into her tree.