Oliver tried to sense it, using the Fragments of Claudia and Ingolsol, but he found no signs of the sort of darkness of corruption that he was finding.
"You won't be able to use them," the Chief said, seeming to know what he was doing. "Only a sensitive human heart would pluck it out. Well, I suppose you felt it enough that you could tell the state of the land that you went to visit earlier, and you can feel it here… But a Gnome can't tell you what to do. We're like the river, we have our own direction, we don't tell things outside of our domain how to act."
"Then I should just follow your current, and do as you do," Oliver said.
The Chief stroked his beard. "What you're looking for, it's deep underground. I'd never go there. I cannot even pretend to seek out and find it. I've my duties to attend to… the natural will of the forest to obey. But mayhaps, if you follow me tonight, you might be able to find it yourself."
