"A searcher is..." she started this but suddenly realized that she doesn't know to explain it, really. "Searchers go to old places... the same kinds of places like treasure hunters, but they're more there to learn. They like treasure too, but won't ruin the history of a place to get a treasure... I guess that's the best way to put it. Like... Dum Dum was a treasure hunter and he didn't care who he killed or what he destroyed so long as he got rich..."

"Lady Najaran, he was infested...."

"I know, but Alta said he wasn't that different once h was infested, that he was always like that, just not as desperate. She said that the people who worked for him were always disposable to him and he already had a horrible reputation..."

"Ah... that is true."

Najaran shook her head a bit. "But Alta... she wanted treasure, but she gave everything to help protect and defend the forest. And she didn't take any treasure at all once she saw what Bisteam really was."