After a brief period of chaos, Kim Haru followed the group of people out of the stone forest.
Of course, the chaos wasn't on Kim Haru's side—it was on theirs.
Upon learning that Kim Haru had fallen in from outside the cliff, not only the old man but the entire group became overwhelmingly emotional.
They spoke rapidly in a dialect Kim Haru couldn't understand at all, their voices a jumble of excited chatter.
Some knelt, some wept, and others hugged each other, jumping up and down.
By the time they finally managed to calm down, every single one of them had red-rimmed eyes.
The old man then respectfully apologized to Kim Haru and invited him to stay in their village.
Their joy at Kim Haru coming "from outside the cliff" was so great that even their fear of the mutated owl lessened considerably.