The gripping terror and the paralyzing fear were the twin pillars that held up her catatonic shock. Because of the sharp razor edge of his verbal attacks, Adalia had no counter at all. And because she couldn't contest Xzavier's postulations, she felt like she had been ambushed with no defense whatsoever.
Feeling attacked, feeling like she had been backed Stark naked into a corner, Adalia began to do the only thing she could do in this situation. Her eyes bulged as her tear ducts began to prepare to release a fresh stream of hit stinging tears. Adalia fought a continal losing battle to keep the tears from flowing. She did in fact manage to hold back the sob from coming out of her throat. But she couldn't do anything about the tears.
