"They've lost all sense, if they had any to begin with." Why live here? Couldn't you just move to somewhere that wasn't haunted? Was hunting travelers how they kept themselves entertained?

The heroism continues. Really, that sort of thing could be so unhealthy for you. "I'd help," really, he actually would, because it would save him too, "but the last few days have absolutely drained me." The utter spell-mute state he's been in since waking up in the forest is only just starting to abate. And beyond that, he's barely eaten. "I could manage a puff of smoke at the moment, but nothing useful."