I have a feeling someone watched Avatar.

I loled in a queasy way.XD

I have, but that connection didn’t even occur to me until you pointed it out. This story was actually inspired by a leaf that struck me on the face as I was walking to my car. Made me wonder what a world would look like if just about everything on it was potentially lethal to human life in some way. :)

Jim, I think your little thought experiment yielded fantastic results.

Also, the late and hapless James is a rather epic fail.

Yes. Yes, he is. Tragedy of youth, thinking oneself wiser and more intelligent than others and inherently indestructible.