“Beware a kiss, he told her. Kisses are powerful things. You expose part of your soul.”

“She was talking to a tree. Just talking to a tree. Totally normal. People probably did it every day here. They're only trees. She fought an insane urge to laugh.”

“They're only trees. Only trees. Whose afraid of lonely trees?”

“Beware a kiss, he told her. Kisses are powerful things. You expose part of your soul.”