...

It's empty.... There are barely any youkai here, which could easily be seen as both a blessing in disguise as well as a curse. The trees here are also dead and broken, and I worry about falling unexpectedly and breaking my neck when I dare to take a nap in one of them.

I don't like it here...

[He glances downward, falling thoughtfully silent. Then, after a moment, he turns his head back to look toward the horizon.]

But there are some things about this place that make it tolerable.