It’s a pretty common goal. [Keith grins at him. His smile slips away as he steps out into the open beyond the trees. The ruined temple lies ahead of him. Vines cover parts of the stone walls. Keith looks up and moves into the open as the papers flow up over the trees and down towards the temple itself.]

This is the temple of Storyteller. They will talk to you if you ask for an audience. ...I think we need to work with them to get anywhere with the mysteries of these islands.

[The papers swirl in a twisting curve into the temple itself. Keith watches as some animals and people are drawn inside in flurries of papers.]

So, the papers are guards.