[. . . Rowen always did warn her about letting down her guard. For a moment, she actually feels relieved--the best she's felt the entire messed-up day. She can feel the tension in her body flowing away with the stream, though some of it lingers, more stubborn than the rest. It clings to her like her clothes, like something tugging at the back of her mind.
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It's too late by the time it hits her.]