You brace for impact just before she hits you, but she still knocks you off your feet, sending both of you drifting towards the ground. She lands on top of you with all her weight, which isn’t nearly enough to hurt you here, while you end up on your back. Her head’s out of sight; her neck’s extended along the side of your face, but from her hitching breath you can tell she’s crying, as she scrabbles at the dusty ground around you.