“I thought I was in the clear, but she—I think it was a she—had a wand, and it went right through the shield. I lost control of my legs.” She shuddered at the memory, fleeting though it was. For a brief instant, her brain had sent commands her body could not obey. While at the time it happened it was simply too much to process, thinking back on it was terrifying. Her body had always done what she had told it; the thought that it might not sometime was a frightening prospect.