- she barely has time to meet his eyes before she hits the ground.
There's a discontinuity in time, and then - her chest hurts - she's lying down - can she breathe, one breath, another -
So her watching us might be good but it is not really a sure thing.
"I guess." Seelah shifts her weight uncomfortably. "I dunno, I just have a good feeling. We only need to hold out until the army comes, and we hit the cultists pretty badly today."
Well, if it's not 'stick around imposing martial law' I guess that's all to the good... what's to stop more demons from coming through?
"The wardstone does that, usually. Deskari threw it halfway across the city but it's still working, as far as I know, they just need to move it back. Or move the city. I don't know which will be easier exactly. There's never enough soldiers, I don't think they'll be sticking around when not needed."