You walk down the path labled Scarlet Falls. As your walking, you relise Alyn isn't following you. You shrug and continue walking down the forest trail. Your feet crunch pineneedles and pinecones that litter the forest path. You push aside fur tree branches that hang over the path as you continue through the wood. Finally, you reach a small clearing. A teenage boy is sitting down and is leaning against a crooked hemlock tree. His hair is dark brown and is eyes are jade green. He is wearing oversized tan pants with a white shirt. Over his shirt is a vest with several pockets. He is carving a piece of wood. You can't see what he's making. He stops carving and looks up at you. "Hi. My name is Dezso." he says. "I help Alyn sometimes with the adoption agancy." Dezso resumes carving. "Where are the waterfalls?" you ask. You haven't seen or even heard them yet. "They dried up." Dezso responds. "Why?" you question. "The villagers built a dam upstream a couple months ago. It diverted the river farther west out of the Kaizay Wood. The falls used to be over there." Dezso explained pointing behind him. You look down the hill you are standing on top off. Below are jagged red rocks. "This isn't the first time the villagers have caused trouble for the wood. Not only have they constantly been cutting down trees for lumber for years, they steal Kaizaic Dragon eggs for their soups." he says angerly. "But I bet you didn't come here to hear me complain about our rude neighbors. You came here to see Kaili." You nod your head. Dezso leads you to a small pine tree a couple feet away. He lifts up one of the branches revealing a small gray-brown and blue pup curled up in a soft bed of goose down and pine needles.  The Artionte pup had a small red horn protruding from between its eyes. It laid there asleep. "This is Kaili. She just hatched and she needs her rest." he wispered. Kaili lifted her head up sleepily. Dezso petted Kaili on the head and she curled up and went back to sleep. Dezso carefully pulled the branch into place. Nearby, you see a plaque set into a large red stone:
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