The air around Noe stills and the bodies surrounding him fall away. White ringing swallows Vivian's figure as her hair slashes through the scene in her legged sprint to catch up to the Prime Minister. Split-ends matt her head. Vivian's forlorn heel swings dastardly in her hand. Muscle contortions and disbelief paint Noe's face all colors of tumbling shock.
"It's okay. Breathe," rubbing his back, Daniel soothes Noe.
Noe's attention lugs upon Daniel. "There's no way you can see my face from behind me. Can... can you sense my emotions too?"
Suddenly, the world explodes into a mayhem of bodies colliding, voices chanting, and firecrackers lit.
"Come on. We have to catch up to her." Daniel takes Noe's hand and leads him down the route Vivian took. The crowd had the same idea and tried to follow the Prime Minister but Feng Mian manages to hold them back.
