Perento told you that Aphesius had already been dispatched to find a solution for the problem together with the Agrint and Rotrons. But he needed help to do so, so you went to him. Aphesius asked you to find out why the forest is dying. When you brought him root samples from the Decayed Grove, he told you that it would be best to ask the Elim about this. You showed the Elim Mersephon and Trajanus the root samples, and they were worried because the samples looked unnatural.