Yea, that's what I figured, too. ...I was just kind of hoping maybe I was left out of the loop, somehow.

[He hasn't seen his mother up here yet, either. And he's not sure if that's a good thing or a bad one. But he's leaning more likely toward better. If only not to worry about this being a trap and catching her in it.]

How do you think they got here, anyway? If only by speculation.

[Give him anything to drop the theory that this is a trap and that they'll have to jump into action at any second now.]

You don't think... that tree might be a Torment, do you?

[He knows it sounds silly. But it's one of the thoughts on his mind.]