[The rush of adrenaline comes with three responses: fight, flight, freeze. Anise is a soldier, trained for battle. Trained for war. Trained to protect the most important religious figure on Auldrant. There isn't time for 'freeze', there never is. In the heat of the moment, all actions must be decisive and automatic.

At least they get warning with the Mangle. And hey, Dawn, she's not gonna judge you for the plushie - she still has Tokunaga hanging off her shoulders, after all. She knows how much comfort it can be to just have something.]

Do you remember the path you took through the vents? We need to make it to a stairwell...