The instant Epsilon sees Ginko thinking about trying to climb in his condition, he frowns and lifts himself off the branch he's seated on with his vines, lowering himself to the ground and alighting gently in the dirt.

"I'd wondered whether the mana pools' power would affect anything--fog aside--but I am no less capable of harm than I was before."

It's delivered matter-of-factly for such a sombre sentence.

"It's not a surprise, but if it's not preventable, it should be precautioned for."