..... okay, Epsilon is not a fan of this treatment. He has a great deal of experience with tantrums and meltdowns, but this is a little much.

"Sorry," he says, and he means it, though it's not clear if he's addressing the tree, or Gabe, or both--because as he says it, he relinquishes his remaining contact with his new friend and instead turns his vines entirely on Gabe to wrap him in a manner not unlike a snake in a bid to lift him bodily off the ground.

"....but no."