As Glinda was dragged away from the non-firey ash-cloud, she was still coughing and spitting in the most inelegant fashion, covering her mouth with a bare hand and closing her eyes as often and much as she could. She wasted no thought on the fact that she would, being who she was, still look remarkably elegant in a coughing fit, but it was a fact.<br/><br/>Yet, walking with closed eyes is only slightly efficient, and so it was not surprising that Glinda tripped and landed on top of Elphaba and lost all that remarkable grace in nearly an instant: Both she and Elphaba ended in an unfashionable smoke-and-ash covered and most clumsy, inelegant heap.<br/><br/>"Oh goodness,” -<em>cough, cough</em>– “…have I gotten you wet?!" she hacked, never forgetting that the soft emerald was really unhappy with water. Yes, the world may note that Glinda the Good's primary concern was other people. Though she wasn't always so grandiose as getting it exactly right - as with Boq and Nessa - the harmony and happiness of people in Oz, her friends, her mentors and those she cared for, was what made her the unintentionally popular politician that she was (not that she'd mind!). Her naive concern was, above of all, honest, and while some would have liked to accuse her of selfishness and arrogance, she, indeed, was trying hard not to be.<br/><br/>Right now, a primary concern of hers was Elphaba's well-being. So she didn't worry about the fact that her left leg was so entangled with Elphaba's, and she herself wasn't sure how to get up. What truly worried her, was that Elphaba's head had suddenly grayed in shock!<br/><br/>Oh wait! That was ash!<br/><br/>Well, it occurred to her that if Elphie was looking that ridiculous with dust and ash all over her, Glinda must be looking just as horrible. Or worse. And since they were both seemingly undamaged, after all, it was time to worry about it: How terrible! "Oh Lurline, I probably look like a -<em>cough</em>-" the rest was drowned in the last sad try of her lungs to somehow get the smoke out. Oh well, at least she'd be choking to death in Elphaba's arms - and with some luck, Elphaba would know to clean her up before presenting her dead body to the public. Comforting, indeed.