[That's okay, he knows (???) this is a memory, he might be a little lost in the sauce. This isn't the Elesis he knows — his has white streaks in her hair and is generally pretty forgetful — but he figures it's close enough. After all, he had red hair like hers in the past.

He just. Follows after her like a duckling. Isn't that how it always went with them?]

Maybe they triggered some sort of trap. Or maybe they were being hunted by something in the forest. If the doors are broken in, that says they were panicking, right? Otherwise they'd just be opened.