Originally Posted by
The Narrator
Once you abandon your root to the savage twigs, there's no way for you to tell if it's safe to remove your earmuffs without removing your earmuffs until you've exited the cave.
The water is cold, but the bowtruckles do not follow.
Wand now in hand, some more light might be in order, so that a quick look around will tell you that you are in the middle of the lake, with the far shore in front of you. That is your destination. That is where you must go.
The lilypads seem to bob in and out of the water as it churns and the trees spread further apart. Skittering among the leaves suggests that the bowtruckles in neighboring treesare anxious to be appeased, as well.