Present day;
I snake towards the man soundlessly. He startles anyways and looks right at me. His eyes are overflowing in self hatred and guilt. I walk towards him and he shouts, "Wait! It's dangerous near me!"
I sigh and sit down at the edge of the clearing where he had spotted me. "Okay. Tell me about you from over there then."
He looks taken aback but he recovers and actually tells me. "My name is Zeref and...