[ He's still puzzled for a moment, but one look at Ginko's face--which up until now, has been fairly stoic--is enough to make him snicker. ] Well, the tree obviously knows where it's going, even if we don't. Maybe we should follow it.

[ And with that he's off, chasing the tree, heedless to caution. As he approaches it lifts a root to swat him away, knocking him on his back, but he laughs and sits back up, apparently unharmed. ]

Uh, hah, maybe we should follow it from a distance.