[Right - making that leap and not immediately noticing the mist going through Shikamaru's head as much as she's noticing the fact that he's not moving.
Something's not right.
But she can't afford to stop moving, because the shadows are still too close, and if she stops she won't be able to move quickly enough to avoid them.
Why isn't he moving?Is it a clone? But he doesn't have anywhere to hide - I didn't take my eyes off him --
--the smoke
--the trench!
Sadly, Katara comes to this realization just as she's launched herself up in the air. It's too late to do anything about the fact that she probably just fell exactly into his trap - not too late to spot him, plastered against the wall of the trench. And not too late to react instinctively and send the mist cloaking her down directly on top of him.
She doesn't convert it to water until it's nearly a foot away from him and she's aiming, once again, for his arms.]
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Something's not right.
But she can't afford to stop moving, because the shadows are still too close, and if she stops she won't be able to move quickly enough to avoid them.
Why isn't he moving? Is it a clone? But he doesn't have anywhere to hide - I didn't take my eyes off him --
--the smoke
--the trench!
Sadly, Katara comes to this realization just as she's launched herself up in the air. It's too late to do anything about the fact that she probably just fell exactly into his trap - not too late to spot him, plastered against the wall of the trench. And not too late to react instinctively and send the mist cloaking her down directly on top of him.
She doesn't convert it to water until it's nearly a foot away from him and she's aiming, once again, for his arms.]