Arialla blinked and stepped back when the figure appeared in front of her, more confused than afraid. Yes, someone had just appeared out of nowhere, but things like that happened in Caido. Maybe they were a new Outlander? "Hello, can I -- "
And then lightning struck Arialla, screaming through her nervous system. She tried to scream, too, but made only a strangled little noise. The basket fell from her limp hand, the stew within spilling onto the weave, as she started to slump forward, towards her attacker. In her mind, she was running, calling out, fighting back -- but her body wouldn't obey, just twitched with the aftereffects of the shock. She was helpless.
please don't take my sunshine away
