[Claude takes a concerned step towards his friend when he looks ready to keel over, but Lorenz manages to right himself in time before he faceplants.] Easy, Lorenz. No need to overdo it this early on.

[Then he frowns, wondering how to explain it to Aerith.] My magic lets me tell how plants are... feeling? So I don't think it's unfair to call them unfriendly. 'Mischievous' might be the most charitable word for it. Regardless, we should be careful.

[It's a concept not too strange to him, when Petra had once talked of trees having spirits and feeling things like anger, but actually experiencing it with magic is another thing entirely.

He offers a hand to help Lorenz up.]

I'll take the lead for now. If there's any change in the forest, I'll be best-placed to react first.