Their approach is not immediately violent, but it's unyielding. They begin to form a circle around the group, shifting up and down in their posture as if investigating scents. They don't speak - at least not in a way most of the people there can hear.

"^Come. _Take." they say to Lauren, in a language not quite like what Lauren is used to hearing. They don't sound completely like plants, at least not in the normal way. "TAKE."