"Someone will need to bear him," Chrrou affirms to Sashi, gathering his concentration as he talks. "But if you and I become separated somehow, and he needs to be restored, I want him as near to hand as possible. ...Not to mention I've done this to Heshaar and carried her through towns often enough before to have a little practice. Heshaar... I don't know what I'm going to do about her, if we want to be inconspicuous." Turning his head, he nods to Sashi. "But thanks."<br/><br/>Addressing Nocke again, Chrrou adds, "This may be uncomfortable, but try not to resist." With that last warning, the small mousefolk centers himself and, with a short weave of gestures and murmuring of syllables, bids nature's power to flow through him and render the mighty treant into a smaller and more harmless shape.<br/><br/>[[Predictably, using<span style="font-style: italic">Baleful Polymorph</span>.]]