He took a step closer. I could back away no further, cornered as I was. I sand to the floor, hoping that--for once--he would sense my terror, would show me mercy, would turn around and walk away.I will leave you to wonder what happens next. Because when all is said and done, I'm a bad-hearted person. But you already knew that.
But no. His face reddened in rage, blood vessels burst in his eyes, and he struck.
The first blow blinded me for a moment, and white stars exploded inside my head. The next blow took my breath away.
And this time, somethign in me snapped. I shook the fog from my brain and rose to my own defense.
I must ponder my dilemma. How to turn this cobbled together manuscript into something worthy of, well, me. I daresay I will rewrite the whole thing. Not that I couldn't match the style of the properly written material, but my heart suggests that it would be wise not to leave any of the manuscript intact; after all, what if Humbar nicked portions of someone else's manuscript? He's slimy enough, and I wouldn't put such a thing past him.
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