(The flowers attack with their thorns again)

Lance: ...Dammit!! Can this day get ANY worse? -WAIT! I didn't mean it! Saying that is the universal way to make something worse happen! ...No! I need to concentrate and find the plant!... Let's see... left... right... ahh, which way??

(Lance envisions Theo hitting him repeatedly with his weapon)

Lance: ...This is now the only possible scenario.

(He approaches a pond)

Lance: Hey cool, a pond! Significant things usually happen around ponds in RPGs. I wonder if I can find a save point?

(A young lady is standing across the pond from him)

Lance: ...And the cliche lives on.

Girl: Um, hello. Are you traveling alone? This forest is disorienting; I'm glad I finally found a human face! Do you think you can help me?