[ The urge to answer the question is immediate; he's responding to Trip like he would to a superior, to a Council of a Tetragrammaton. But that's pushed to the back of his mind as he reaches out- flattens his hand against the bark of a tree, feeling the roughness beneath his skin. He watches as the bark flakes off, falling to the ground and he jumps back a little. That's-
He bends down, picking up a piece of the bark, sstaring at it for a long moment before he reaches up to tug a branch down, feeling the waxy texture of the leaf beneath his hand.
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[ The urge to answer the question is immediate; he's responding to Trip like he would to a superior, to a Council of a Tetragrammaton. But that's pushed to the back of his mind as he reaches out- flattens his hand against the bark of a tree, feeling the roughness beneath his skin. He watches as the bark flakes off, falling to the ground and he jumps back a little. That's-
He bends down, picking up a piece of the bark, sstaring at it for a long moment before he reaches up to tug a branch down, feeling the waxy texture of the leaf beneath his hand.
Swallows. ]
I've never seen anything like this before.