[First her confession -- that she's a ghost from another dimension, or something straight out of one of Laurent's books -- throws him off guard, then the demonstration of her abilities delivers the coup de grace, so to speak. He stumbles back a step, then another and another, until he trips over the exposed root of one of the cherry trees. He's on his ass and staring up at her with eyes double their normal size.]
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Stay -- stay back!