[Oh, yes. Yes, she did, and Mana had somehow moved faster than she'd expected, almost faster than she could perceive - one moment she was on the ground, and the next she was just there, and there's a fist coming and no time to dodge or block or freeze it or panic-
It connects, and Diamond flies backward at terrible speed, flying what must be a couple dozen feet before bouncing once, twice on the sand and rolling a distance to a stop. While she files, she's screaming, but she's trying to force her head to work through the pain - and the betrayal. Whatever else this looked like, Mana just punched her and meant it, and she was forcing herself to rethink how to handle this. She couldn't just defend. She had to... she had to do something, or she really was going to die.
Forcing herself to her feet slowly, pushing off the ground with Love Heart Arrow- not in hand; when had it flown ten feet away? Nope, she needs that. She breaks off at a run to retrieve it, diving and hoping she'll grab it without getting knocked out of the way first. Without that, she's sunk. Twinkle Diamond won't stand up to Rosetta Reflection, and Mana's anger - righteous anger, as far as she was concerned - was probably enough to power through, to say nothing of her sheer stubbornness.]
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It connects, and Diamond flies backward at terrible speed, flying what must be a couple dozen feet before bouncing once, twice on the sand and rolling a distance to a stop. While she files, she's screaming, but she's trying to force her head to work through the pain - and the betrayal. Whatever else this looked like, Mana just punched her and meant it, and she was forcing herself to rethink how to handle this. She couldn't just defend. She had to... she had to do something, or she really was going to die.
Forcing herself to her feet slowly, pushing off the ground with Love Heart Arrow- not in hand; when had it flown ten feet away? Nope, she needs that. She breaks off at a run to retrieve it, diving and hoping she'll grab it without getting knocked out of the way first. Without that, she's sunk. Twinkle Diamond won't stand up to Rosetta Reflection, and Mana's anger - righteous anger, as far as she was concerned - was probably enough to power through, to say nothing of her sheer stubbornness.]