"JackOh the Green" artwork by Doug Welch

Forest Boy encounters JackOh the Green, a foliage-covered man with green skin who is possibly more plant than human. Forest Boy seems to know JackOh and is even expecting him as he asks upon encountering him, “Where have you been?” Perhaps he has met JackOh before in the part of the forest where he grew up. Or maybe he knows of JackOh and his powers and has been attempting to summon him. Either way, Forest Boy asks JackOh to take him away from here because he has begun to fear for his soul. But instead JackOh’s aromas and colors affect Forest Boy’s mind, enabling it to grow taller and rise above the tree line, to see his destiny and realize that he is the chosen one. JackOh’s parting words to Forest Boy are to, “Follow the path,” and, “Remember the Green.”