Clover met Lilith's gaze, then looked away. She had sensed a darkness in her forest...but she had been hoping it was just her imagination, or that this part of the forest just didn't feel as light as her home patch did.
"I...I want to protect my forest...the forest is all I have. If some dark force is threatening it, I need to know."
She looked at the party of adventurers.
"And I do not trust the safety of my home to them. They are kind, but they do not know the forest as I do. Perhaps you and the hunter do. But the wolf-kin wears armor and makes such noise as she walks, her presence is no secret, the bird-kin can barely keep a cloak on, and....the man...he just blew up a tree. If you do not want me to follow, believe me, I still will. I must protect my forest."