The more she spoke, the tighter the man’s grip became. He seemed to want to suffocate her, squeeze out every last choking breath. Darmus’s voice came over the comm, harsh and low. It made no difference. Corran was deaf to everything but the footsteps. The footsteps that did not exist. Her eyes stung. The flow of memories had begun and she was ignoring them, pushing them back as much as she could, resisting the urge to fight, to struggle through them. If she pushed back in anger or fear, she would be crushed. Although the Corellian woman had taken up boxing as an outlet for... everything, the man bearing down on her had the advantage. He was simply bigger, stronger. She felt his weight shift. He was preparing for a blow. She tensed.
The blow didn’t come. As soon as the press of the rifle relaxed the smallest bit, she went limp, a tactic she had learned to avoid capture. “If you get grabbed, slip through the attackers grasp, they will expect you to be tense, not drop like a stone” The drill instructor’s voice echoed vaguely.
Reptilian eyes glinted in the dim light. Rising from a a squat, Bast instinctively moved back, drawing her pistol. Darmus had already begun firing. If it advanced more than a step closer, she would fire off two rounds.
Still recovering her breath, the woman tried to slow her panicked nervous system. “What the hell, Corran?”
@Mr. Teatime
@TerranSteel
@Eccles
The blow didn’t come. As soon as the press of the rifle relaxed the smallest bit, she went limp, a tactic she had learned to avoid capture. “If you get grabbed, slip through the attackers grasp, they will expect you to be tense, not drop like a stone” The drill instructor’s voice echoed vaguely.
Reptilian eyes glinted in the dim light. Rising from a a squat, Bast instinctively moved back, drawing her pistol. Darmus had already begun firing. If it advanced more than a step closer, she would fire off two rounds.
Still recovering her breath, the woman tried to slow her panicked nervous system. “What the hell, Corran?”
@Mr. Teatime
@TerranSteel
@Eccles