Smothered

Kaija was practically gloating over her success, and she let out a loud laugh at his words. Yeah, sure, whatever he wanted to think - she knew she would've gotten it on her own eventually, and that was all that mattered to her. She cast him a look as he spoke, asking her a question - did she smell that? She leaned in to take a whiff, but suddenly her grin faded as she realized she hadn't gotten all the shards of crystal out after all. She spit one out.. and then another.. and another. It felt like they were replicating somehow, and no matter how much she spat and sputtered, even lifting a paw to wipe at her tongue, they just kept on returning.

It was hard to focus on Incendio at all, or the figure that suddenly appeared- holy shit, was she dreaming? What was going on? She felt her head spinning as she continued to swipe at her tongue, more frantically now. He was talking, to someone she couldn't quite make out as her eyes filled with tears and panic flooded her entire being.