"No. No, I'm..." She blinked, took a few deep breaths, straightened. It had been like being slapped, but now it had somehow...settled a little. Well, it certainly couldn't maintain like that forever. She had to function. Even if it was still difficult to look at him directly without getting a little woozy. It was as though her body were beginning to adjust to the new... whatever-it-was.

"I'll be okay, it was..." What was it? "You didn't... feel anything just then?"