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Mae was too dazed to put up much of a fight. All at once her head hurt, her eyes hurt, and it seemed very much as if she was spinning in place even as Arric held her. She blinked hard a few times, but didn't register much until Akavir arrived; even the unfamiliar woman went ignored.

Immediately her ears flattened guiltily at the sight of him. She looked away and curled all her limbs inward in an awkward attempt to get closer to Arric and farther from Akavir. Mae was certain her father would be angry with her, and more than anything she did not want to face his ire right now. Everything hurt, and she wanted comfort — which Arric provided much more readily, with his patience and his easy-going demeanor.