[the branches and needles gouge at you as you go, barely yielding; ow, your everything.

beyond is a round. . . pool? not exactly a pool. a round hollow in the ground, about twenty feet in diameter. it too is covered in a layer of that flawed, opaque crystal. in the very middle of the crystal is another copper coin.

on the other is a tree stump with something red in front of it and something fiery atop it. but of course, you'd have to cross the pool to check those out.]