( nene looks at him before quietly- or as quietly as one can be when the ball joints of her legs creak so badly sometimes- sits beside him. she hesitates to meet his eyes, but eventually she does manage it. )

... There's another thing you should know. The forest- um. If you cross from the Garden back into the woods, you have to pay a price, so that you don't think death is cheap here. That's why his eye... a-and something else might be missing too, but we haven't figured out what.

But. Um. I think... he wants to see you? But is bad at saying so.