Chris will grab the Hoppip and try to pull it close to her. If the damned thing so much as bites her, she'll...

She passes it quickly down to Kanade. "You owe me!" She growls, before carefully working down a few branches until she can swing off and land gracefully.

...Well, maybe not gracefully. On hardened ground she'd be fine, but this mud makes her feet slip from under her when she lands.