the monsters turned out to be just trees

hope keeps us breathing, just to kill us in the end

"A surprise? Oh no. I meant it only to impart the level of potential sophistication and...well. As you have said, she was locked up for a reason. And many of those reasons might well head towards your woods."

The slight against Loren, characterizing his offering of aid as a magic show made Remi wince ever so slightly, his eyelashes fluttering down softly towards the ground as he held his tongue.