In one heartbeat, I formed and initiated a plan.

Oooh, here we go.

(Helmaks, Taylor!)

I grunted and made a choking sound, which was all the more realistic because he’d just pulled a length of metal hard against my windpipe; I did want to grunt and I did choke.

And that’s what they call method acting.

Then I went limp and had every bug in the area cease moving.  Like snowflakes, the flies began drifting down from the air.

Oh, nice, playing dead!

But what does she intend to achieve with this? Just that Mannequin lets go of her? If she plays dead for much longer than that, he’ll probably go back to killing the civilians.