Hideaway Strath Set the stage

the giant could move quickly with enough force behind each step to crater the earth, or so satsu predicted. she would avoid as best she could, utilizing the dancing steps her own body employed. become like water — that was a lesson her brothers had learned and she, eavesdropping, had stolen from them.
as satsu presented herself before the giant, there came the sudden forthrightness of their lunge, the snapping of their teeth. she anticipated some of this and sagged back, down, away; but those teeth were still too close for comfort and satsu felt the blood in her veins turn thick and cold.
the stranger slowed too. as if frozen for a moment, enabling satsu to round about the circle and sulk to a safe point behind them.