Wh-aa...? Words slurred by distraction, Liss turned her head slowly, finding it hard to pull her attention away from the allure of water in a new colour. She had enough time to furrow her brow at the sudden appearance of the stranger. Then they collided with great force, and Liss went tumbling into the brush with a YELP! of magnificent alarm. Mud and leaves and bugs and fur, all in a tornado of unchecked momentum!

Spell broken, she now had the capacity to feel excruciating pain. The slash to her side reopened from impact. It stung terribly! Liss tucked her tail, already teary-eyed — both from the wound and the sudden shock of recognition that Kirain hadn't been exaggerating in any form about the allure of the cursed waters. I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry! She cried, holding paws up over her face, Really!