Xander stood agape at the sound
"Who is calling me Tin Man?"
"WHO DO YOU THINK? USE YOUR PROBABLY SMALL MIND TO FIGURE IT OUT"
Xander walked around the deku tree before he is whacked by a branch that seemed to move on its own
"AY DIAS MIO.... The tree is talking, dip****"
Xander stands at guard
"What do you mean the Tree is talking? Trees can't talk..."
"Says the man looking for Kokiri. you didn't think to ask the Tree. the thing thats been here 1000 years and might have all the knowledge you seek?"
"well fine then, Deku Tree.."
"HOLD UP, VATO. DEKU TREE WAS MY FATHER. THE NAME'S DJ"
"well then.. DJ. I have been sent to see if there is any sight of what you call 'Kokiri' what can you tell me?"
"Well, Tin Man.... Kokiri were my Father's brood of life. green and blonde haired Dryads that took on the form of children of the wood. as the Lovely Madamme Iris stated, a Plague swept the land 7 years after the Death of the Dragmire that affected almost all life in Hyrule Proper. It affected their fairies first, which bit the poor Kokiri, Infecting them. They died, and the First Mayor of Ordon gathered their bones and put them in the roots of my father before the last two fairies desecrated my father's corpse into nothing but a burnt husk. that was 1200 years ago. Since then I have been nurtured and have stood watch over the Town and now City of Ordon. All that is left of their memory is me and my father's stump."
Xander processes this information and bows, holding the branch
"I did not mean to take this without permission, DJ"
"It matters not. if it behooves your masters at The Grounds, Arbiter, than take the clipping. I care little. may it bring you good luck, whatever that means...Now go."
Xander shuffles back to his feet waving back to the Tree
"Thank you, DJ"
"One more thing. theres some body trying to get to that Black Spire where the Forest Temple was. you might want to stop him before he unleashes something he shouldn't"