—Please, listen. Your actions are causing harm to this place, to its creatures. Can you understand the damage you are causing?
The elderly man and the other men looked at her in astonishment. The surprise on their faces gave way to confusion and a growing awareness that this lone wolf was not what she seemed. The night was filled with a tense silence as everyone awaited a response from those whose actions had endangered the fragile balance of the Union Forest.
The elderly man, whose eyes had shifted from disbelief to recognition, finally spoke in a low voice.
—Are you... a woman?— he asked in amazement, observing Andrea with a mixture of interest and remorse.
Andrea nodded, and her gaze reflected the sadness of witnessing the devastation caused by humans in the forest.
—I am a woman
