[ with his counterweight gone, she hits the ground pretty hard--shoulder blade first, head and hips a moment later--and grunts with the impact; she'll have some nasty bruises. and, well, what happened to him was genuinely very surprising.
but she's free. she won.
she starts to sit up, unhurriedly (taking careful note of where the pain is, and how much), but then she spots him and her body goes rigid. it felt like she'd gotten him, but... was it a trick? did he teleport? (she should be relieved to find out that apparently she didn't actually kill anyone, but that's just not where her mind is; she's back on alert. she doesn't like feeling cornered.) ]
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but she's free.
she won.
she starts to sit up, unhurriedly (taking careful note of where the pain is, and how much), but then she spots him and her body goes rigid. it felt like she'd gotten him, but... was it a trick? did he teleport? (she should be relieved to find out that apparently she didn't actually kill anyone, but that's just not where her mind is; she's back on alert. she doesn't like feeling cornered.) ]
Well?