Without the bustling children milling about the village, the kokiri forest had an air of sullenness amongst the trees. For the one evening, they were to convene at the Know-it-All house for a rare council on the danger nearing the forest. The thirty something head-count of kokiri all managed to pack themselves into the small room and were milling about, shoulder to shoulder.
Ferris, who was half a head taller than the average kokiri, scanned the crowd and did a mental checklist for everyone who he saw. This meeting was an important one, and all of the kokiri needed to be aware of the seriousness of the situation.
Saria had decided to stay at home for the night. She had been going through a rough spell in her sickness since Ferris had told her about the Deku-tree's warning. He felt a guilty weight settle in the pit of his stomach as he thought of all the stress he had caused with that little piece of information. The worsening of her condition was yet another reason for Ferris to push himself even further into his research.
The buzzing whispers of the crowd faded off slowly and all the youthful faces in the room turned to the fire pit, where Domi and Anno had taken seats on the floor.
"Kokiri." Anno called. "We have summoned you to this council under a matter of greatest importance."
Domi took up where he left off "As you all know, warden was attacked a fornight ago by a wolfos. We invited you all here in the interests of increased security."
"For the sake of all our safety" Finished Anno.
The kokiri milled about, largely ignoring the importance of the situation, but they.