"Yup," Amos replies, exactly as matter of fact as before. His first introduction to magic had been back on Horos, making him relatively inexperienced — and making the linear thinking obvious to him. "Feels like a tree's doing it, right? Kill the thing that keeps doing it, it can't do it anymore."

It makes perfect sense to him. But after a moment Amos sighs, his shoulders slumping, before turning to look back up at Hythlodaeus. "That tree's where we all come from too, right? So we need it to be safe. That might actually be the first priority here. Otherwise, we're gonna have a whole lot more to worry about than losing our breath for a couple of seconds every now and then."