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00:00 When I was researching after the forest, I went backpacking in the Black Forest on my
00:04 own for a week.
00:06 And it was just magical.
00:08 And so many beautiful things happened there.
00:11 But my favourite day was a day that I'd planned to go to a bear and wolf sanctuary in the
00:15 next village.
00:17 And I missed my bus to the village, and I ended up deciding to walk.
00:24 So I found a forest path that went up over the mountains between the villages.
00:27 So I had a proper hike, and it was just incredibly beautiful.
00:30 And I found a ruined castle on top of the hill, which is an inspiration for one of the
00:35 settings in the book.
00:36 And it was amazing.
00:38 And then continued down to the next village to the bear and wolf sanctuary, where the
00:42 lovely lady at the front desk told me that I wasn't going to see the wolves.
00:46 There are only three of them.
00:48 They're rescue wolves.
00:49 They're incredibly shy.
00:50 And she said, "No one's seen them for two weeks.
00:53 You're not going to see the wolves."
00:54 And I went, "That's okay.
00:55 I'm sort of here for the bears, really."
00:57 So I went into the sanctuary, and it's this beautiful sanctuary with massive pine trees,
01:03 very green and open and beautiful.
01:05 And I wandered through, and it started to rain.
01:10 Everybody else took off to the little gift shop, cafe, to get a cup of coffee and wait
01:15 out the rain.
01:16 But I thought, "I'm not doing that.
01:18 I'm just going to put on my hoodie.
01:21 I'm just going to be in the rain.
01:23 I love the rain."
01:24 And while I was standing there watching this beautiful bear, I felt, like, sense movement
01:31 to the side.
01:32 And I looked, and there was a wolf.
01:34 And it was so quiet.
01:36 They don't make any noise.
01:37 And it just very quietly came out of Sir Forrest next to me, and we made eye contact.
01:44 And then two more wolves came out, and they were all there.
01:47 And I was on my own in the rain with these wolves.
01:51 And it was just the most magical, beautiful, exciting moment.
01:58 And I get chills even telling you about it.
02:00 I loved it.
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