She hadn't left. Hadn't gone away. Lapis' fingers pressed harder into her skin, the tips paling from the pressure. For a long moment she was quiet, retreating into herself as anxieties screamed chaos from every direction, loud and louder and louder yet until her thoughts were a swirl of scattered fragments.

She cut through with a breath -- a sudden inhalation from deep in her lungs. And focus. Absolute focus on Raine's face.

"If you're going to try to capture me or kill me . . ." Her eyes bored into Raine's. "You should just try."