There was something gratifying in the fact that this newcomer had as many questions as Evan had when he'd first arrived. "You absolutely can. For one, being this tiny just shouldn't be physically possible -- well."

He'd been forced to admit after trying to explain this selfsame idea to a few others that his knowledge of molecular physics wasn't complete enough that it didn't sound like gibberish when he tried to explain things to the uninitiated. Instead he shrugged and moved on. "The wings. The ability to use the wings. Actually, that's most of it, but as far as I can count that's plenty."

He inclined his head, a little sheepish at that realization. "It all sort of dovetails with the idea that the Tree's brought us here because it wants us to complete tasks for it. I can get why having servants that could fly would be more useful than ones that couldn't, but that doesn't really make it any less obnoxious."