From f43c95c87f684fb75e3984f12335e0461c15bc4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Rye Progress <makyo@drab-makyo.com> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 22:03:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- writing/post-self/scientist-subject.html | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/writing/post-self/scientist-subject.html b/writing/post-self/scientist-subject.html index e50d0a585..e3ebf4907 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/scientist-subject.html +++ b/writing/post-self/scientist-subject.html @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ <p>Excitement spiked.</p> <p>Terror spiked.</p> <p>Wonder and curiosity and exploration spiked.</p> -<p>And the, before she could even turn to meet her shadow, a weight slammed into her back, and a sharp, blinding pain shot through her chest. </p> +<p>And then, before she could even turn to meet her shadow, a weight slammed into her back, and a sharp, blinding pain shot through her chest. </p> <p>Her breath was forced out of her in a single puff, leaving her lungs emptier than she had ever felt them before. Air was gone from her, it felt. It felt as though she would never breathe again. </p> <p>All the same, as though to preempt her crying out, a paw reached over her shoulder and clamped down painfully tight on her snout.</p> <p>“Hush now,” a voice whispered soothingly against her cheek, warm breath tickling fur where it bunched up against her assailant’s fingers. “Just be quiet. Just settle down. I have you. I am with you.”</p>