The tree sighed, "Ronin you have to listen to me."
Ronin did the opposite, pulling jerky out of his pack and munching on it.
The tree continued, "Ronin please."
Ronin finally turned, "what about last time I did what you wanted, huh? it ended with all the people I loved DEAD."
The tree fell silent.
"how about that!" said Ronin.
finally the tree answered, "Ronin, I am begging you, if you do what I ask this once you don't have to do anything else I ask you to do, you can go on ignoring me, I will stop bugging you and you can finally I've a peaceful life."
Ronin actually turned at that his face surprised, "really?"
"really."
"fine I will do it."
The tree looked thoughtful, "I would like to come on the journey, would you like me to enter into my smaller form?"
"sure." said Ronin finishing his jerky.
The tree shrunk into a small figure of a person. Ronin picked it up and set it on his palm. The figure walked around and finally sat next to his finger, the voice of the tree came out of its mouth, "by the way my name is Toran."
"great, I am carrying around a magic stick who wants me to help a legendary figure Yay."