Ash saw their way there with a little hummed tune that of course brought on full accompaniment -- she was terrible at stealth if you needed her powers, but great for keeping warm in this particular case.

As soon as she saw the tree and its sphere of influence, though, Ash dropped the beat -- mid-note, in fact, because she'd immediately made a guess as to what precisely was happening, a guess that made keeping her own music away imperative.

"Is that tree anti-magical?"