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Out of my way! Gotta hurry!

Then, for some reason...「すると不思議なことに」 she stops in her tracks.「ピタリと」 

She starts to run again as if released from a spell.「呪文」

Startled birds in the trees flap their wings and fly away.

startled - excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement; "students startled by the teacher's quiet return"; "the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons"; "her startled expression" 

star·tle  (stärtl)

v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles

v.tr.

1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start.

2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten.

v.intr.

To become alarmed, frightened, or surprised.

n.

A sudden mild shock; a start.

Shota and randa walk over to the small pond.

I thought I heard Shota's voice... Maybe it was just a wind...

Rand is looking among the trees for fruit.

If those two get together, they'll go back to the World of the Living.

Rand pretends to be worried.

pre·tend  (pr-tnd)

v. pre·tend·ed, pre·tend·ing, pre·tends

v.tr.

1. To give a false appearance of; feign: "You had to pretend conformity while privately pursuing high and dangerous nonconformism" (Anthony Burgess).

2. To claim or allege insincerely or falsely; profess: doesn't pretend to be an expert.

3. To represent fictitiously in play; make believe: pretended they were on a cruise.

4. To take upon oneself; venture: I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong.

v.intr.

1. To feign an action or character, as in play.

2. To put forward a claim.

3. To make pretensions: pretends to gourmet tastes.

adj. Informal

Imitation; make-believe: pretend money; pretend pearls. 

Take the road  to the left. It will lead you to the field.

Shota runs down th road to the left.

Charo runs off down the road to the right.

Randa stands in the middle of the fork in the road, laughing gleefully.「うれしそうに」 

All this trouble is about to pay off!「手間をかけたかいがあった！」

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