"Re-seeding separates me from my tree entirely. I lay roots and sprout a sapling, and can carry myself to a better rooting ground if need be. I have not had to do so in easily three hundred years, since a flood threatened my forest..." You feel goose pimples sprouting across her skin at the thought. "I did get to move closer to my sister, though, so that was a welcome change..."<br/><br/>She seems quite content to let you hold her. Technically, she's holding you at the same time, since you're leaned against her trunk...<br/><br/>"As to keeping safe... I still don't understand why those creatures came here in the first place? I have never had quarrel with the local kobolds... Their chief has even given gifts of knowledge to me. But they came with nothing but the intent to burn my home..."