Nothing but trees.

“Knowledge was like candy: you never turned it down, especially if you didn't ha…”

“The road simply ended. No cul-de-sac. No sign like the ones they had seen befor…”

“Tendrils of mist slithered over the forest floor, around the base of trees. Xan…”

“Hope is a merciless tormentor. It's the sound of trickling water to parched lip…”