<div class="floatright">(http://s9.favim.com/orig/140715/beautiful-eyes-freckles-ginger-Favim.com-1916759.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Eir</strong><br/><br/>For an instant, which seemed to stretch interminably, Cali fought to regain control. Her jaw ached from the effort of not screaming and she concentrated on that sensation, allowing the comfortably familiar pain draw her back into the present. Clumsily, she rolled out of Green Peace's arms, a dark flush of embarrassment already burning upward into her cheeks. The adept muttered something unintelligible, a faint mix of thanks and protest, as she strenuously avoided eye-contact.<br/><br/><em>I shall not look back in fear, nor forward in anger, but around in awareness.</em><br/><br/>The panic seemed to recede, although Cali's confidence had taken enough of a hit for her to eschew any magical assistance for the moment. Instead, after making an effort to unclench her jaw, the young women, stalked up the staircase, happy to follow her team-mates' lead.