The pink mist the woman blew struck Ethan square in the face.
Even though he'd been on guard, the attack caught him off balance. In an instant, his mindscape flooded with pink light. His head spun, and his vision blurred as a strange, dizzying sensation washed over him.
"Son of a bitch. I got played!"
His heart sank, but the moment that thought surfaced, the Tree of Life's crystalline canopy trembled. A ring of emerald light swept through his mindscape like a tidal wave, instantly purging the foreign energy. The pink mist dissolved without a trace, and the dizziness vanished as though it had never been there.
Ethan nearly laughed out loud. The Tree of Life really was something else.
