The two treants sat in contemplative silence, absorbing Ikem's expressions of frustration. The young master grappled with his first substantial setbacks, and the treants could only hope that he would find the strength to overcome them.
Breaking the silence, the stone treant spoke up, "If I may, young master" Ikem nodded which prompted the treant to continue "you have to see things differently."
Ikem, visibly confused, looked up and questioned, "What do you mean by that?"
The stone treant responded, "There is little I can say, but you need to react more and stop thinking. These creatures are not the creator who gives you time to think before acting."
Ikem sat in thoughtful silence after hearing that. The advice to act more and think less contradicted his father's teachings, who had always emphasized thinking before acting. The treant's suggestion, however, began to make sense to him as he thought reacting immediately might have prevented the bird from seizing him.
