You don't really have the same perspective on this as the rest of us. I mean, you're a monkey.

[Is that rude? He's not particularly concerned about being friendly but he still doesn't like being rude.]

Most of us can't sleep in trees safely or navigate them quickly enough to escape predators or hunt. We can't tell for sure how much shelter those ruins could give us, but it might be a lot more than just a wall, and it's a high enough vantage point for us to see anything coming from a distance.

And we have...uh, dragons. [He feels ridiculous just saying it.] They won't be able to fly very well in a forest.