[ She focuses on protecting herself, shielding her face with her foreams to prevent her skull from being smashed in. He doesn't want her alive; she would be much more malleable after a reset. Whether or not the same will be true of him, she has to kill him again to sever his hold on the people mixed up in this, most of whom are deadlier than her, and the one that isn't runs a day camp for weird kids.
Jess takes a hit in her side and then to her face when her defense falters, so fast the pain combines in a blinding flare that seems to sear through her whole body until she's certain she's about to lose consciousness. It makes it easier to ignore the second blow to her head, though it leaves her ears ringing and her brow warm and wet. She lifts her limp arm from her chest to shove at Faith's abdomen, as she takes a handful of sand from the pathway sunken under her hip. Jess slings it at Faith's eyes, keeping her own shut and pushing her off with both hands. ]
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Jess takes a hit in her side and then to her face when her defense falters, so fast the pain combines in a blinding flare that seems to sear through her whole body until she's certain she's about to lose consciousness. It makes it easier to ignore the second blow to her head, though it leaves her ears ringing and her brow warm and wet. She lifts her limp arm from her chest to shove at Faith's abdomen, as she takes a handful of sand from the pathway sunken under her hip. Jess slings it at Faith's eyes, keeping her own shut and pushing her off with both hands. ]