Ground and centre. Ground and centre. The simplest of exercises, one of the first any channeller of heka had to master, for before one even thought to call upon the energies of creation, one must find an awareness of the self, must learn the bounds of body and mind and spirit and find the balance, ma'at, at their core.
But balance had fled her, and the fragmented parts of herself strained in every direction, urging her to fly, to burrow, to strikebitefight, and Qebhet couldn't find the earth beneath her.
She stared at Hecate in wild, horrified confusion. "C-can't," she managed through a clenched jaw – clenched, because she could taste the venom beading at the tips of her teethfangsbeakteeth and she feared what might happen if she opened her mouth. "Ssssoul... sssssoul eater..."