"It has to be outside regardless of how big your tree is, but I can guard you during the thing? I was totally planning on sitting here for five days while you were under, you know. And keep in mind it might not work and hurt really bad for a few minutes instead."

"It'll take a while before it's ready anyway. I have to do the transmutation just right, and carve and place the stones, and then do all the bluestream-shaping into the right patterns which will take longer than the rest of it put together, so you have time to think about it."