They walk in silence for a moment, before Heimr speaks again.

"In the real deal, I let it yell at me. It can't hurt me in this form, however much it wishes- not beyond usin' Elijah's face like that. ... I've always been more proactive with one of my kids around."

And since it's a memory diverging off script, and Heimr has no idea of how the Forest would act- nor the desire to speculate on it- "Elijah" vanishes with a desolate wind.