Janius held on as tightly as he could as Kaleeth slammed into the tree over and over again. He hadn't expected Kaleeth to come up with this solution. He didn't even know that the tree could move like it was. Nevertheless, Kaleeth was demonstrating that she was capable of bringing her own reasoning into the mind of her beast spirit, even in frustrating circumstances.

The swaying of the tree got to the point where each change in motion was either slamming Janius into the trunk, or causing his grip to loosen a little further. He considered letting go at the right moment until he realised his mistake. The only way down was either on top of Kaleeth, or into the river. His expression quickly took a turn for the concerned as he was pushed in Kaleeth's direction and pulled back, barely hanging on. He decided that he would just have to trust landing on top of her in the next opportunity, he thought. He might be able to scramble away quickly enough. Unfortunately, in one last effort to hold onto the tree trunk over the river, Janius only found purchase in some moss that quickly slid away from his claws and sent him tumbling into the water.

Janius hit the river with a large splash and tried as quickly as he could to reorient and swim for the shore, but the current was already pulling him. He pushed frantically against the water to no avail. He was able to surface to get one glimpse at Kaleeth to communicate the fear in his eyes. This wasn't supposed to happen.