"She probably stopped time to give you a flower the same way she stopped time to hurt the panda and the same way she stopped time to kill my friends,"Shino said, unable to keep his tone completely conversational. "If I were you, I'd check to see if that flower is poisoned or something you're allergic to."

**

Wallace chewed, and chewed, and chewed, and swallowed, his throat dry from all the crumbs.

He coughed once and began to choke.