Well, he guesses that solves that - though he does have to wonder if Epsilon might be trying to keep him out of the tree. Hmm.

...He also has to wonder whether they would be better off if the pools had sapped their powers, as well as their hunger. Maybe that would make Ginko even less effective at... anything than he has been, but at least it would put them all at less risk of hurting those around them.

"What kind of precautions were you thinking of?"