[Yeah...that's exactly what he was looking for and he's kind of impressed in a macabre way.]

I am confident in saying that this tree has innards. And I certainly do not mean wood. [And as he follows Felicia's gaze up at the grotesque limb-branches...] It is as if the Shimmer formed a tree out of humanoid bodies.

[Either that or people just kind of came up to it and fused with it. Obviously, that is not the ideal possibility!!

...especially considering what he says next:]

I would not be surprised if it were to bleed if we cut into it.