"He ain't hard t'handle when he's a tree, but we seen what he can do when he's angry, and God Almighty knows after gettin' turned into a tree, he's gonna be out for blood."

Doc looks between them.

"The safest thing for all of us is t'git out until they've gotten a handle on him. I don't want t'see nobody gettin' hurt when there's no tellin' what he's capable of."

Katherine, Kate, Bill, or Boo.