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"No." He said, like it should be obvious that crystals did not normally grow on trees. Jahuar was just a different kind of place.

Then again, if she hadn't seen the other trees, she wouldn't know what they looked like. He guessed maybe it was strange to her that other trees didn't have crystals, since she wasn't used to him, just like how he'd thought it kind of strange when he'd seen his first Jahuar tree... Or something. Thinking like this made his head go in loops, and it hurt.

"Uh." Ruelash frowned, about as close as he could get to sympathy. Yeah, she really couldn't carry him. She looked pretty wimpy, but that couldn't be right. Sure, he'd saved her life, but she was an alkidike. They were strong. Everyone had off days, but surely she was stronger than she was letting on. Or than she looked.

The canopy sounded like a good idea, though. "Yah. I can do it." he lied. No, he couldn't. He was too injured to manage a climb, both in arm and in blood. But if she honestly couldn't do it, Ruelash was no one's burden and he'd at least give it a try. How hard could it really be? "Sure." he said, levering himself onto his feet with a belying wince.

What kind of question was that? "Uh, you use a torch? Or a candle? Or a lantern? Or light magic?" if you had it, anyway. Ruelash could cast a light, but he was rarely patient enough to do so. "And sometimes the moon, too."

He watched her climb enviously, pretending he wasn't leaning against the tree and in pain. Yeah, he definitely couldn't do that, but maybe he could inch his way up? Maybe? He was very much uncertain...

"Fire's dangerous, but if yer careful, you don't set fires where you don't want 'em." he explained. He didn't see any need to comment on the magic - some people had it, some didn't. Apparently, he had it.

"Allright," he said, reaching for the vines with a pained grunt. He'd try. It was better than trying to climb the tree unaided. He wasn't sure by how much. But chi's breath, he wasn't going to make the girl carry him. He could carry himself, thank you, even when he really, really couldn't.

Painfully, aggravatingly, slowly, he made his way up the tree...