Being hit is like a cold rush of water, interrupting the cycle of whatever part of her had won and won and been terrified by Rugatonn and then won again, and stayed awake to try to win more, and devised more and more complicated plans with Ione arguing but not actually authorized to hurt her, at some point she'd started thinking she was immune to everything and not just to Hell -

"I - suspect I need to try not to do anything for thirty minutes, maybe reading will work, I don't know, and if that doesn't work somebody needs to set my hand on fire for thirty seconds, and if that doesn't work somebody needs to hit me with a sleep spell for an hour.  I apologize.  I can show you the equation for #6 and sketch the theory for #7 but should not try to explain any implications."

Being hit is like a cold rush of water, interrupting the cycle of whatever part of her had won and won and been terrified by Rugatonn and then won again, and stayed awake to try to win more, and devised more and more complicated plans with Ione arguing but not actually authorized to hurt her, at some point she'd started thinking she was immune to everything and not just to Hell.

"I - suspect I need to try not to do anything for thirty minutes, maybe reading will work, I don't know, and if that doesn't work somebody needs to set my hand on fire for thirty seconds, and if that doesn't work somebody needs to hit me with a sleep spell for an hour.  I apologize.  I can show you the equation for #6 and sketch the theory for #7 but should not try to explain any implications."

Being hit is like a cold rush of water, interrupting the cycle of whatever part of her had won and won and been terrified by Rugatonn and then won again, and stayed awake to try to win more, and devised more and more complicated plans with Ione arguing but not actually authorized to hurt her, at some point she'd started thinking she was immune to everything and not just to Hell.

"I... suspect I need to try not to do anything for thirty minutes, maybe reading will work, I don't know, and if that doesn't work somebody needs to set my hand on fire for thirty seconds, and if that doesn't work somebody needs to hit me with a sleep spell for an hour.  I apologize.  I can show you the equation for #6 and sketch the theory for #7 but should not try to explain any implications."

Being hit is like a cold rush of water, interrupting the cycle of whatever part of her had won and won and been terrified by Rugatonn and then won again, and stayed to try to win more, and devised more and more complicated plans with Ione arguing but not actually authorized to hurt her, at some point she'd started thinking she was immune to everything and not just to Hell.

"I... suspect I need to try not to do anything for thirty minutes, maybe reading will work, I don't know, and if that doesn't work somebody needs to set my hand on fire for thirty seconds, and if that doesn't work somebody needs to hit me with a sleep spell for an hour.  I apologize.  I can show you the equation for #6 and sketch the theory for #7 but should not try to explain any implications."