[her eyes are open, empty and clouded as they are, but her perception hasn't faded, and Helena knows how close he is. under normal circumstances, she'd stay very still, wait for him to back off, but yielding the spear means she has to feel for where she put her cane, to try and get it back-
her nerves must betray her, just a bit, because she tries to grasp the cane and it rolls away from her, hitting the floor with a clatter - behind him. meaning he's now between her and her sight, so to speak.
(wrists in restraints, barbed wire around the arms, and time is tick-tick-ticking away, counting down until the explosion-)]
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[her eyes are open, empty and clouded as they are, but her perception hasn't faded, and Helena knows how close he is. under normal circumstances, she'd stay very still, wait for him to back off, but yielding the spear means she has to feel for where she put her cane, to try and get it back-
her nerves must betray her, just a bit, because she tries to grasp the cane and it rolls away from her, hitting the floor with a clatter - behind him. meaning he's now between her and her sight, so to speak.
(wrists in restraints, barbed wire around the arms, and time is tick-tick-ticking away, counting down until the explosion-)]
But it worked, so tell me what you know.