"Yes, exactly. If the tree is ill, it might need us to heal it, either by fighting things like the spiders or finding the root cause and neutralizing it somehow." She cupped her face in one hand. "I wonder how I would put that on my resume--tree doctor, or tree vitamin?"

She knew that comment would probably get a groan out of Umi and Hikaru, and with them it would have sounded utterly sincere, but she kept her tone light this time.