[quote=@Heroic]
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Don't tempt me.
*Watches the tendrils as we walk*
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I'll try not to.

[quote=@Efficacy]
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They look... electric.
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They are, sort of. These trees and their magically created nervous systems are so large that there's a bloody enormous amount of electricity running through them at any moment. They take it from the sky and give whatever they don't need to us.