Grandma and Grandpa backed off slightly, not expecting that sort of behaviour from their daughter. Taro was also a little shocked by this, but he stepped forward.
"Sis, he's not dead," he assured her. "He's been paralysed. .. he can't feel you touching him... we were up late last night, so we'll just have to wait until he wakes up."
"There was a newcomer in the valley," Grandpa explained. "Yesterday he threatened to kill him so we came here to escape, and we won't be going back for a few days."