[ Well, this is the difficult part. He could just lob off the kid's head right now if he really wanted to kill him, but since he still wants to sort of avoid that he's going to have to get a little more creative and work a little harder.
This next spell requires a lot of energy, concentration, and the promise that he'll come back just before spring and feed the tree. The winds die down enough for a pair of strong branches to swing down on either side of Kazuo in the shape of an X to pin his torso to the tree. Smaller branches move in to secure his arms and legs. ]
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This next spell requires a lot of energy, concentration, and the promise that he'll come back just before spring and feed the tree. The winds die down enough for a pair of strong branches to swing down on either side of Kazuo in the shape of an X to pin his torso to the tree. Smaller branches move in to secure his arms and legs. ]