Negris stretched out his neck, slowly, slowly, took the Little Sapling from Ange's hand, slowly, slowly, and placed it on Ange's head, glancing provocatively at the War Tree Man.
The Little Sapling looked at the incredibly tall creature in front of it and got very excited, it waved its leaves: grow stronger—grow taller—grow stronger—grow taller—
The War Tree Man stared incredulously at his body as his bark slowly hardened, forming a layer of shell. Inside the shell were some vertical hollow passages. The branches on top of the shell curled up delicate buds, wrapping the tree crown like a shield of soft green curls.
The War Tree Man immediately felt his body temperature drop drastically. He was close to overheating before, but because of the temperature difference, the air rose quickly from the hollow passages forming a chimney effect, rapidly draining the heat from his body.
