Cassie had given a quick nod to Billy's question and was just focusing her attention back to Li Hua, indignant at what she perceived as some kind of veiled insult or lecture or something equally patronizing and grown up. Then she got a foot to her face. She barely even had time to register the cut from the- fan? Seriously, did she just get sliced by a fan?- before she was tumbling backwards down the steps to land with a loud crack on the pavement. Holy crap that hurt.
Surprise and shame and pain all had to be ignored at the moment as she scrambled, wheezing, to her feet to find herself surrounded by a bunch of chicks in dark clothes who looked totally pissed. Yeah, well, Stature was pretty freaking pissed off too. The first woman who lunged at her got her own kick to the face, and the next a punch to the stomach. Raging out or not, though, Cassie was still completely outnumbered, so she did the best thing in this situation. She grew.