Going on hikes is a form of getting out of the house which doesn't require a car, so Xander does it most weekends. Mostly he walks a particular set of trails which he's timed out to last a certain number of podcast episodes, but he's nearing the end of the season and it's narratively very tense and he can tell he'll want to keep going for longer than usual. So he takes a new turn.
if you give a starch a promise...
imeanforever
There's something over there that doesn't look quite like the surrounding plants. It does look plantish but the leaves are giant.
can-only-to-me-serve
...Huh.
He doesn't deheadphones for that but he does wander over to check it out.
can-only-to-me-serve
"I am going to try transporting you out of the woods unless you communicate to me that you don't want that." He starts taking off his jacket.
can-only-to-me-serve
"You don't want to stay in the woods but you don't want me to move you. ...You're afraid I'm going to exacerbate your - injuries? Problems?"
imeanforever
(It's probably the tear in her wing, if that's a serious injury on a wing, which, how would he know, or else the twisted ankle.)
can-only-to-me-serve
"I was going to put you prone on my jacket and try to drag you in a minimally bumping way..."