[ They're silent for a moment, as if to agree that they don't know what else it could be, either. ]

Well, yes. It's not the first time beings from here have done it, though... [ They sigh. ] I thought they'd want to eat some of the inhabitants, or something like that... not do that. Unless they plan to eat you as a plant.

[ There's a pointed glance to the branches growing off of him - unlike him, there's only bark encroaching on one of their cheeks for the time being. ]