C53 Diurnal giant of a foreign forest

The four of them sat in front of the bonfire that had long since been extinguished. They were silent; not a single person spoke, and it was so quiet that one could hear the sound of the air flowing, the rustling of the leaves, and the gurgling of the river not far away.

I still didn't understand why they'd let me go. Logically speaking, they were moving in a straight line