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Great post, Sunflower. I totally agree. I was writing this when your post came in: I love it that Lightheart and LCB are both concerned about exposing them to danger, but I believe those concerns are unfounded. Each one knows exactly who we are, the moment we step foot on their territory. (It's an energetic, sixth-sense thing they have.) Each one knows each of our personalities, and who s/he does or doesn't like, and who s/he is willing (and not willing) to engage with. So there's no danger they will like you guys, and then mistakenly assume that everyone else is equally trustworthy, and then open their arms wide to some creep who will end up hurting them. So if there is some part of you that is pulled to trying to communicate with them, you can do that without fear of what you might "train" them to do or think. They are not trainable in that way. They look at each one of us and decide what they want to do. As Sunflower says, they are the boss of the woods, and I would add, of themselves.

I guess you summarized my stance as well, I do not do "all" the things possible to gather evidence, in the end that is not what I am really after, simply evidence. Oh here come the naysayers I know, but more than evidence I want to gain experience, to understand these creatures in a greater fashion. I do not fool myself into thinking I can have a sit down face to face with one, If one offered I would be likely to refuse...not comfortable with anything so big and so powerful. I guess it has to be up to the individual what they are opening themselves up to, I'm much more guarded than some, perhaps due to my beliefs and world view. I desire to gather information and if that provides evidence so be it, but the end all for me is the knowledge and experience obtained. Perhaps I will move back toward seeking the evidence at some point but I fear too much messing around will cause my visitors to vacate permanently, as it seems a delicate situation for them to be here at all in the first place and I respect greatly their need to not be disclosed. This kind are a bit more wary than the rest due to the limited areas they have left to use.