>>21214130https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAFAtfrWz4Q"W-Well, unlike those kids, we /do/ know better. Not that that stops us from getting into these messes...eheheheh...." you give the tree beast a shrug and an innocent smile, "S-Say, uh, y-you wouldn't happen to have any problems for a pair of dashing young heroes to solve, w-would you?"
The Trevenant does not respond back, and that would be because it's not the one speaking to you. It never was. Although it may be a living being, it has no true form of sentience, and its only thoughts are what commands or orders it must fulfill.
As that is the purpose of a bodyguard.
The lumbering behemoth steps forward, closer to Pumpkaboo's revealing light but not close enough. At this distance, you can faintly make out more of the Trevenant's features. You can tell from here that it's merely a marionette, a thoughtless husk who carries the speaker wherever she goes. It's this monster's trainer that you've been conversing with the whole time.
Slowly, without making sound, the tree beast lowers its palm to the ground. With pure malevolence disguised as a feminine grace, a woman daintily steps off of the palm and reveals herself in full. She is..familiar, to say the least.
"There is something you can do for me, actually: Part with your soul. And let it be known now that you have no other option here."[/spoiler[
A) "...Anina?"
B) "R-Rocket boosters, a-activate!"
C) "W-Wha? No way!" 