Hey @erh.germany,

Thank you for the compliment! I put forth my best effort to make a captivating continuation to the awesome storyline you provided.

Teenage children are intuitive and their lack of experience and maturity makes it a natural phenomenon to look up to mature adults and search for meaning in their existence and identity. We should always give our time and attention to children who are curious and seeking these guidance's in an adult role model, in my opinion.

Your personality shines through here, I assume that you have discovered the slow pipe tamping and smoking ritual for yourself and have found satisfaction in it. It is quite an excellent way of providing tranquility when one holds one's little ceremonial with care.

Of course ;D

accepts that he will be helped and provided with civilised things in due course. This gives him more credibility, although I would also pity this man if he did not maintain a relationship with a woman. LOL ;-)

Hahaha, well it's slim pickin's out in the woods. I don't think he's found a good lady yet, but I'm pretty sure he's not opposed to the idea :D

He definitely doesn't accept the communal civilized life, to the point of rejecting it, because he sees the civil life as uncivilized in a sense, where humankind's true nature is degraded by technology and ideologies that further remove humankind from our roots, so to speak.. I hadn't considered a return to society for Woods Man, hmmm maybe there will be a return.. After all he's probably never going to find a lady living in such seclusion, and the clock is ticking for him. I'm pretty sure he has a high testosterone level, and a well functioning man member, he better hurry up and get back onto the dating scene! He might get confused about things like "Tinder", idk..

I personally like the fact that Neigel (Surfboard) shows a somewhat still immature pride in being a leader, and Mark (Please) sheds tears at the end, because it contradicts his otherwise rather teasing manner and reveals a depth that he otherwise finds difficult to express.

I'm really happy you picked up on the depth to how I deconstructed certain character attributes, as a means to show the fragility of childhood. Oftentimes thick exteriors are put up as walls to portray images to others, which are nothing more than a security blanket the person portrays because of insecurities or fears. This rings true for both children and adults, and I believe it takes a bit of maturity to be able to recognize this, as well as perceptiveness. You obtain a high level of both!

I see some shortcomings in the fact that you could have left out some explanations, such as the one about the man not eating processed food. You could have left it at the simple refusal, because his whole way of life speaks for itself. You can also shorten some introductions of literal speech by leaving out the "he said". Like here, for example:
The man replied with: ...
The man carried on...

Thank you for the critiquing, I'm always open to it because I like to improve.

I wasn't sure about that part actually.. It does seem unnecessary now that I think about it. The idea behind it, is his unwillingness to constrict himself with his speech, even if it might hurt feelings.. kind of like that shroom talk we were having ;) but yeah it disrupts the flow a bit, I can see that, and will edit it out :)

The quoting has always been a tough area for me. I always try to do it in a way which doesn't give confusion to the reader as to who is speaking. I've read some books in the past, and there were quotes back and forth, and at times I was like "which person in the story is talking!?" Things like this can make or break a flowing character narrative. I appreciate that advice, and will utilize it in the future.

For the temporal or numerical information, such as here
After approximately twenty minutes ...
it is enough to say that a certain amount of time has passed.
He offered me a lucrative sum of 20 dollars for my two books of matches, in which he used to start fires with a bag of $100,000.00 dollars worth of 1 dollar bills for kindling."
write in words, not numbers "twenty dollars" and a bag of "one hundred thousand" ...

I thought people liked exact time lapse referencing lol, but I can also see how it could become confusing if trying to maintain a time based reference in a story for some. For me, I enjoy being able to follow time flow, but I think INFJ's are quite rare, so I need to not assume everyone thinks like me :D

write in words, not numbers "twenty dollars" and a bag of "one hundred thousand" ...

You're giving me high school flashbacks of English grammar class! Hahaha, I always make this mistake, but I know it is not grammatically correct to do this, I will correct it! LOL

I have dared to reply in length and depth, for you give me the assurance that you don't mind being provided with this amount of text.

You just know it to be a fact ;P Nothing daring about it hahaha.

I appreciate your excellent critique and kind compliment with my Woods Man story continuation of your awesome "The Encounter in the Woods". I hope I'm able to take part in all of your challenges/contests, and will do my best to always satiate your hunger for quality writing my friend. Thank you! :)