"Uah!"

There would have been some natural recoil even if she'd just managed to concuss herself--not that that had been an actual goal, but she would have welcomed it in hindsight--but Kaito's hands in her face sent her even further back, unfurling until her back hit the tree. After a moment, her head clunked gently against it too.

"Wah," she gasped after another stunned moment, "what--what the heck! Don't do that!"