Oh, really? [ Just going to pretend like he's forgotten to mention it before. He sees Luke's look about the girl and he doesn't mind talking about it but it's more personal than any of this, so he's going to put it off while he clears things up. ]

It depends, I guess. When I—took on the responsibility, it was in really bad shape. People kept using it. There was another dreamer and he took things out recklessly, which really weakened everything. He wanted to destroy the world. But he died and I got back to fixing things. Now that it's just Ronan, everything seems to be the way it should be, so I think my job is done. [ He could just leave it at that, but well, he owes Luke. ]

The tarot cards were how I communicated with the leyline. Or—the forest, I guess, that was the center of it. So yeah, that's the whole tree thing.