"I wouldn't put it past them! I have a friend who says some of the trees fight back if you hit them." But Bahorel says a lot of things. "I haven't really--haven't really made a study of the history of this place. I think a lot of it was made by magic? But--there I'm talking about something you know much more about than I do--"

Hector, less interested in such questions, leans a little harder on Segundus's legs.