Lacuna

An explorer crosses an empty, rotten field, to find himself infront of a radiating forest. Conquering uncertainty, he enters the unknown forest, then soon senses another presence. A curious entity, which calls the magical forest it’s home. Her interest towards the newcomer gets the best of her, although she tries to keep her distance.
At first, she peeks at the explorer, conjuring the powers of the forest, later revealing herself. An ancient spirit of the woods, prancing around the explorer, who admires the unordinary event, that decided to involve him.
As a result, the first physical contact happens. A trance-like vision gets revealed to the explorer, who now understands the full weight of the entity through her past and future.
The act of the touch leaves its physical mark on both of them. The explorers skin absorbs the essence of the spirit, who, on the other hand, seems to have gained a permanent, wound-like mark of the human. She breaks out in panic, and grudge. The explorer can no longer hide the care and worry, that he now holds towards the spirit.
She then makes the decision, to return and fuse with the forest, that appears to be effected by the human mark, that she brought in it.