Forest Dweller

You run down to the head-elf's house, Vasle. He opens the door.
"Adam. What is it that brings you here?"
"The wood is silent."
"I have heard as much. You performed the ritual?"
"Yes." Your conversations are rarely exciting, and tend to get straight to the point. Vasle cares for you, but your relationship consists of strictly buisness, technically speaking.
"Then there is something amiss." Almost on cue, a strange clicking is heard. "Gunfire." He continues. "The favored way humans take the lives of one another."
"How terrible." You reply.
"Yes. However even hearing gunfire in this area shows that the humans are near the stone. They most likely wish to destroy it, for whatever reason. We will prepare to ward them off, you must go and speak with them. If all else fails, we will attack."
"Yes, of course."