well, she's not expecting it, which is why she drops her book and very nearly drops the cookie, too. there's a pause as she tries to make sense of that, dizzy and disoriented - it doesn't last long, because unfortunately she's accustomed to pain like that, but. not exactly that. that was a lot to process, and already her thoughts are whirling with degradation and a couple of ow, fucks.
she clutches at the couch very tightly, and then:]
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well, she's not expecting it, which is why she drops her book and very nearly drops the cookie, too. there's a pause as she tries to make sense of that, dizzy and disoriented - it doesn't last long, because unfortunately she's accustomed to pain like that, but. not exactly that. that was a lot to process, and already her thoughts are whirling with degradation and a couple of ow, fucks.
she clutches at the couch very tightly, and then:]
-- Was that you? [augh.]