[ She huffs out a laugh, rubbing the back of her neck as she does so. ]

I should've guessed you'd be getting hyped about it... this sort of thing is kind of your bread and butter, though, huh?

[ She says it with a weary sort of smile, on the fonder side of long suffering. You work with a guy like Zeke for long enough and you just sort of end up learning to appreciate his energy out of sheer necessity. ]

The closest I've been able to guess so far is that the big tree in the middle was some sort of unique Nightmare... but if it was, it didn't make any sort of move to hurt anyone, even though there were so many people ripe for the picking.