Z shrugged it off. But as soon as RR left, she heeled over and dropped onto her hands and knees. She was coughing hard, blood splattering onto the ground underneath her. Her eyes drained of the black and return their normal grey. She was shaking now, her throat feeling like it had been scrapped with hot metal and an immense weight of guilt hanging over her. She slowly lowered herself so that she was on her side, knees to her chest and hands over her throat. '[i]Ace is going to kill me,[/i]' was all she could think.