Standing beneath the giant trees, you look up at their perfectly smooth trunks, their lowest branches as high as the tallest building of Verum. There are no stairs or ladders and you have no idea how to get up there. But Guide knows. She walks toward one of the plants that grows at the base of the trees and releases her spores into their funnel-shaped flower heads. She then Knocks, "Stand still," to you as long vines descend from the palatial trees, wrapping themselves around your knees and upper body to lift you gently but quickly into the air. You fight the urge to hack at the vines and try to free yourselves. A fall from this height could be deadly.