Redhawk Caldera confused

"Oooh yeah," Birk nodded, though it was clear from his expression and the sly twinkle in his eyes that, while the fact indeed was true, he had altered it just so it sounded more exciting and horrible than it had been. 

"Well, not far at all - in fact, we are here," he said in response to Eljay's next question and beckoned to a little clearing in the woods, which was covered in old leaves and green stalks of grass peeking out here and there. "Listen for the squeaking," he instructed, "and that story goes like this..."

ooc: you can fade out in your next post. Thank you for the thread!