Gwenaëlle has been paying attention to the elf in the tree.
Or the elf that is the tree. Was the tree already there, before the elf became part of it? That seems probable — simpler — but under the circumstances of literally everything around them and much of what she’s witnessed in the past decade, not something to take as read. However it began, it’s become clear how it’s going to end; he knows they can’t help him. He’s got little and less reason to help them, from the sound of things.
Okay. They probably don’t have time for her to think too hard about whether or not the next thing she does is a good idea, so she doesn’t; catches Ennaris by the elbow and starts walking her towards the tree, briskly:
“Tavane. I’ll ask him questions. You listen for the answers.”
Presumably she doesn’t need to be told how, or why Gwenaëlle isn’t being explicit about it in potential earshot of half the company.
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Or the elf that is the tree. Was the tree already there, before the elf became part of it? That seems probable — simpler — but under the circumstances of literally everything around them and much of what she’s witnessed in the past decade, not something to take as read. However it began, it’s become clear how it’s going to end; he knows they can’t help him. He’s got little and less reason to help them, from the sound of things.
Okay. They probably don’t have time for her to think too hard about whether or not the next thing she does is a good idea, so she doesn’t; catches Ennaris by the elbow and starts walking her towards the tree, briskly:
“Tavane. I’ll ask him questions. You listen for the answers.”
Presumably she doesn’t need to be told how, or why Gwenaëlle isn’t being explicit about it in potential earshot of half the company.