Lioriley finally tore her gaze away once they started to rise, turning her attention to the treetops and their ultimate goal where the high branches hung. If she focused on that, maybe she would be able to ignore the way her pulse pounded in her ears and how nice it felt to be held like that.

"Wait." She said, uncertain how difficult it would be for him to pause mid-movement. "There is something in the tree." She had only seen a brief flash of movement - it could have been anything. But given the current state of the world they were on, she didn't want to risk getting wailed on by a monkey either. Lioriley gripped one arm around his shoulders still, loosening the other to ready a spell of she had to. For a few seconds, she waited, saw nothing, and then very tentatively suggested they could move upward again. "As slowly as you are able, I would suggest."