"What? No, I'm fine. Obviously it wasn't real." Jim definitely remembered that this was a particularly strong skill of Stratos' and didn't freak out there. Not one bit. He's suave, cool, and in control. Definitely. Absolutely.

Not.

Look either way they've got work to do and Jim certainly doesn't want to talk about his own less than clever adaptation to the situation at hand. The trees here aren't ideal for scaling anywhere up past their raised root system. Their branches don't tend to spread out until far up into the canopy leaving nothing but sheer trunks to try and ascend. They're not without hope though. Stratos has his neat little telekinesis trick and they have the rope.

They can get the rope up and over a sturdy looking branch and Jim can start a sliding knot that will catch when they get it back up to the hold point. It's slow work that may be tricky for Stratos to work his spell with but it's Doable and he's welcome to slog a potion if he needs to once they've got a way up secure.

"Alright, up you go. I don't have any magical powers but if you fall I'll try to break it and shunt us off into the water instead of shattering our spines on the wood here."