Maebh, The Doctor and others in “In the Forest of the Night”

[Sprites suddenly appear] They're lovely! They don't like it when you're holding them. They want you to let them go.

Who are they?

[through Maebh] We are here. Here always since the beginning and until the end.

Here, that's it?

We are the green shoots that grow between the cracks. The grass that grows over the mass graves. After your wars are over, we will still be here. We are the life that prevails.

Why now? Why are you here now?

We hear the call and we come. As we came before to the great north forest, where we lie still in the great circle, as we came to the vast southern forest.

Who's calling you now?

The sun that creates, the sun that destroys. You are hurting us, let us go.

You sent for me. The girl came looking for me. Why? Why me?

We did not… send… pain, did not send for you. We don't know you. We were here before you, and we'll be here after you.