Seeing as Sparrot was a simple creature, Aergar was not the least puzzled by his riddles. In times past he had become accustomed to the bird's nonsense, and was usually able to make a pretty educated guess as to what he was trying to say. Apparently Sparrot didn't know what was stirring up the weather, so chances were Phrenesis was not responsible, at least not directly. Though the bird's presence so near the source was suspicious. He wondered what Phrenesis wanted of him this time, and considered asking the raven for a moment before deciding he wouldn't get a straight answer anyway so shouldn't bother. That bird so loved to be dramatic.

Aergar didn't answer right away and knelt beside the small glimmering corpse, he hated to see things rot and become foul and so murmured a spell over the tiny body: "[i]Fieri saltum alat, kleine fee.[/i]" Before he had finished speaking, fine white root hairs reached up from the earth and cocooned themselves into something like a casket, then withdrew once more into the rick black soil and leaving no sign of that which had died. "Where is Phrenesis now? I could not sense his presence in the forest." He was about to stand when a twig snapped loudly to his left. Not under the foot of any beast and not of its own volition, someone was trying to sneak up on them. 

Aergar calmly tilted his head to one side and stared defiantly at the branches and bushes that concealed the intruder from sight. Even as the figure stepped forward, now realizing his cover was blown, the branches seemed to part and clear a path, not for him but for Aergar's line of sight. A timid "hello" was called with a shaking voice. It wasn't an elf, neither was it a fae, nor was it a shapeshifter for no shapeshifter would wander around the forest at night on two legs. [i]What is this creature?[/i] the imp wondered to himself. He remembered Ada's prophecy then, [i]could this then be a human?[/i] It looked weak, and obviously not accustomed to seeing in the dark. He wondered if this could really be the source of all the excitement. Indeed, what a pitiful creature, he could hardly bear to look at it, though his curiosity caused him to stare regardless. It appeared to be a boy and wore strange clothes, carrying a satchel. 

Finally standing, the imp strode fearlessly up to what he could now only assume was the human creature, sticking his face very close to the boy's. They stood at about the same height and Aergar's eyes fixated on him very intently. He sniffed several times, again unable to recognize anything about the new scent, it seemed rather chemically made, perhaps this human was an alchemist. He circled the boy two or three times, examining him up and down and finding nothing remarkable. Aergar resumed staring at his face, still not having said a word to the bewildered newcomer. He scratched his head while pondering what now to do, dislodging an acorn behind his ear that bounced off his shoulder and fell to the ground. 

"You." He said at last, jabbing a pointed fingernail at the creature's face, "You are clearly a very weak creature, and a foreigner, how is it you come to be so deep in my forest? And what is this?" Rudely snatching the bag, the imp peered inside, pulling out a shiny volume with large letters on the cover that read, 'Chemistry Student Textbook', its smell was similar to the boy's clothes, something artificial and alien. He opened the book and flipped through the glossy pages, amazed at the texture of the paper and overall quality. He had never before seen a book like this. "So you [i]are[/i] an alchemist, I thought as much. This must be your spell book then, hm? I've never seen its like, what sort of spells does it teach?" Skimming down a page, he could not find any incantations or even any ancient words at all. How useless. "Sparrot!" he called over his shoulder, "Have you ever seen anything like this before?" He closed the volume and examined the cover once more. Student, it said, so this creature was not an alchemist, only an apprentice. Well it was useless after all, Aergar dropped it unceremoniously on the ground.