[ Elena's watching Lakshmi more than her rescuer, hoping that the words are getting through to the other woman and feeling that they very clearly aren't. That tumbling of emotion--fear, anxiety, desperation--sends her adrenaline skyrocketing.
Fight or flight. Her instincts are screaming at her to do one or the other, and the predator now lurking within is making it apparent which choice she'll be making if she stays any longer. Those veins begin to appear beneath her eyes again and she stumbles back even further, one step, two, fighting that urge--
And then she turns and runs. She's nothing more than a blur as she effortlessly uses her new speed to flee, following the first path she comes across to get away. If only running would get Lakshmi's mind out of her own. ]
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Fight or flight. Her instincts are screaming at her to do one or the other, and the predator now lurking within is making it apparent which choice she'll be making if she stays any longer. Those veins begin to appear beneath her eyes again and she stumbles back even further, one step, two, fighting that urge--
And then she turns and runs. She's nothing more than a blur as she effortlessly uses her new speed to flee, following the first path she comes across to get away. If only running would get Lakshmi's mind out of her own. ]