[Sari's Point of View]
I didn't even have time to blink.
Marshal's dummy had been standing a safe ten feet away, fussing with his metallic joints, looking for all the world like it was preparing for a dinner party rather than a fight. Then, the laws of physics seemed to suspend. The space between us evaporated. There was no wind-up, no sound of footsteps, It was simply a terrifying, sudden shift in reality.
