He still got the charge off, and canceled the energy into the tree, making it about the size of a sapling, but wrapped around her leg, at an unnatural angle. He dashed back, and slammed the hilt of his longsword against her head, with enough force to hopefully knock her out without actually doing more than giving her a nasty headache. He suspected, after the hit, that he might have cracked her skull, and definitely pissed her off. It would make getting her to cooperate much harder, and he carefully prized the sapling free with a thought and let it wrap around his arm, off her leg, and then carefully hoisted her into his arms, reapplying his glamour and heading back to the main chamber.