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His smack to her shoulder didn't do much than send her a little off balance as she took off, the scattering of pebbles and whatever loose litter rolling away in her wake. Echelon had no idea whether or not he would give her chase and to be frank, she didn't care either. There was nothing wrong with casting some perfectly good confusion, and maybe kinda sorta alienating herself by seeming a few screws short of an efficient appliance.

And so, she zigged and zagged off towards the nearest timberline, going full on retard.