Description
Name: Itsuse Sanada
Art by warchiLd15 Age: 622 years (Looks to be around 21)
Gender: Female
Nationality: Asian
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 116lbs
Hair: Raven Black
Eyes: Smalt Blue
A decent looking woman, She has vibrant Smalt blue (Dark powder blue) eyes, with a soft ring of gray within them. She used to keep her hair short and cropped, but in the few passing years she has changed, deciding to let her hair finally grow out, the later now reaching her mid back.
Most would guess she was younger, due to her "Baby face" but she is 200 years old, having lived in Soul Society all her life. Her face is youthful and round, although she has a smooth, wide oval shape to her face. Her nose small nose fits her face well (Although she thinks it's too small) but her smile is radiant, as her hygiene is important (And GozeIkkitōsen usually forces her to keep it up, even though she does so naturally.) Her frame is small, but she has a sleek build of slender muscles. She has a fitting bosom (Although she wishes it were large) leading down to her slim torso and thighs. Her calves aren't large, but they are powerful, giving hints to her agile body, and the end is her small dainty feet and hands, which she usually keeps her fingernails short and well taken care of.
She has a special tattoo that spans her right shoulder blade, given to her by 4th Division Vice Captain Idania daughter of Yakov of dark springs. This tattoo acts as channel for her dormant reiatsu, giving her a colossal boost of power, and regulating the overall control of her reiatsu.
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In soul society, she wears a Standard Shihakushō with a white shitagi, a black kosode & fitted black pants instead of the typical hakama, with the sides of the pants open down to her upper thigh to increase the air flow to her body and to allow the sunlight to warm her thighs. Along with this she wears a white hakama-himo and wajaji. Over this she drapes her Division 5 Hiori over her shoulders proudly. She also wears a blank white bandanna. Underneath her clothes, she wears a specially made thick strap combat ready top that extends to her navel, bearing a small part of her midriff. She usually strips out of her robe tops when facing a serious enemy. She also wears a Ginjōtan under her sash which protects her waist; at desperate times, she will remove it for a burst of mobility.
In the human world, she wears a fitted black dress skirt, a long Blue fleece scarf with tails that hangs to her upper thigh, and black tennis shoes. Other than that her style of dress was normal for humans, matching the seasons normally.
Personality
Itsuse is a calm & collected person, keeping a level head under most stress, outspoken only when she is annoyed or in the presence of friends. She is proper & well spoken with a soft voice that cold be warm enough to melt one's heart or cold enough to freeze the blood. She is a cheerful, optimistic person with a bright smile and a breaking frown. Although gentle in nature, she could be shocking in anger like a rose that transforms into a dragon when crossed. She is easily annoyed by those who are capable of intelligence, but act foolish just because they can.
She has Arachnophobia, being deathly scared of spiders of any kind (even running from a lower class hollow while in training because it resembled a spider.) Everyone knows this fact and some find it funny enough to pull pranks against her, even though they face her wrath afterward.
She is calculative, gathering as much information on an opponent as possible, being a averagely smart woman. She studies philosophy in her free time, often using quotes to pass her knowledge to others. Among her hobbies of drawing, fishing, and dodgeball, she enjoys Instrumental music.
She is a playful soul, preferring to relax over work any day. She enjoys a good hot bath anytime. One can usually find her in the 5th Division Bathhouse.
Family: Her Mother and Father live in East Rukon District 1
Hobbies: Drawing, Instructing at the Shinigami Academy, Sparring and studying different forms of combat.
Strengths: She in a very calm and cool person, and rarely panics. She is masterful in Hakuda and she has what most would call a "Iron Will."
Weaknesses: She has Arachnophobia. She is deathly afraid of spiders and she wouldn't even fight an enemy that resembled a spider.
Likes: Comic books, Sunshine, Swimming, jokes
Dislikes: Sadism, annoying people, Arrogance, Disrespect
Favorite Foods: Hot Cocoa, Peach Pie, Ham, Macaroni and cheese
Least Favourite Foods: Blueberries,
Favourite Color: Blue and Orange
Equipment
Zanpakuto
GozeIkkitōsen (pronounciation..Goz-I-kit-Sin) "Blind Warlordess"
Physical Manifestation
Art by Kuroi88
GozeIkkitōsen takes the form a beautiful youthful girl, seeming to be well built and well endowed (The opposite of Itsuse.) She has stark black hair that cascades to her lower spine. Her deep Gambode eyes are eerie and frightening, yet they add to her spine tingling beauty. She wears the finest handcrafted onyx and silver trimmed full body armor. She is a polite, calm spirit, often reciting quotes (Much like Itsuse herself) although she does poke fun at Itsuse because of her fear of spiders. The special bond that GozeIkkitōsen & Itsuse share allow to take over Itsuse's body as if it were her own and effectively use every ability and skill Itsuse possesses. This ability formed from Itsuse's deathly fear of spiders, and it can be used until Itsuse regains herself. A callsign of Itsuse in this state of possession is the changing of her eyes from their regular liquid blue to a gamboge orange. This ability can be used to fight Illusions, Mind Control, and any other forms of mental or psychological attack.
Abilities:
Although she seems lady like & gentle natured, her strength is truly frightening to behold, as she could easily take Itsuse bare handed while the laterr is using her Bankai. Her speed is astonishing, easily having kept up with shunpo without a second thought. She can even use all of her forms: Sealed, Shikai, and Bankai form along with all of its abilities.
Sealed Form (Normal):
Zanpakuto...a "Soul Cutter." Weapon of a Shinigami. Itsuse's is no different, it can kill & save lives; vanquish evil & relish good. GozeIkkitōsen in its sealed formed is a Nodachi of 4.5ft from pommel to the tip of the blade. It has a gamboge cloth wrapped hilt with a wolf engraved on it's pommel.
The handguard of GozeIkkitōsen is perfect circle with four semi circles cut out of it all symmetrical to each other as well as a circular area cut out of the inner area of the handguard. It is silver in color and has beautiful engraving along the outer edge of the guard.
The blade itself is well taken care of, gleaming in the light with its liquid silver-like mirrored blade. Elegant engraving along the unbladed side of the sword gives the sword a prestigious yet serene look to it. She usually wears the blade across her back using a single black strap.
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Shikai (Phrase to activate: "Kuria kōkei to Tateza" (See clearly and protect )
With the utterance of Tateza Itsuse holds GozeIkkitōsen up horizontally, blade facing forward, and slides her left hand along the back edge of the blade. Reiastu sparks along the back of blade causing it to glow brightly and transform as it is engulfed by light. As the light fades her shikai would come into view. Her shikai changes her blade slightly; Her blade is shorter, being only 3.5ft from the tip on the blade to the mouth of the hilt, and it loses its handguard completely leaving it to resemble a straight edge Aikuchi.
At the bottom of the hilt is a silvery pommel which ends in ring a little bit wider than two fingers width in diameter. Although rare, Itsuse may use this ring to spins the bade in circles. The oddity about her shikai is the fact that it has 2 parts, a sword, and on her left hand is a onyx black cestsus with silver trim that can be used to bloks attacks or even catch blades and weapons.
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--Abilites--
Sekkendou (Intercept) (((Passive)))
This ability allows Itsuse to "counter" attacks aimed at her. This ability spreads her reiatsu out around her in a dome or "Realm" as GozeIkkitōsen refers to it. Most know have seen the ability, think that Itsuse has a "6th Sense" or like the opponent is slowing down, but this ability truly is "stops or slows down" attacks using her spiritual pressures harden around her. This allows her to "feel" to each attack and slow it down so that she can react faster. To an untrained eye it may seem like she has an incredible sense; this "realm" expands for 15ft, and against stronger opponents she may increase the pressure accordingly.
Teppeki (Fortess Wall)
This technique allows Itsuse to condense reiastu into defensive shields to protect herself and other from harm. This ability is controlled by the cestsus on her left hand, and the ability is limited to her senses, meaning that she can be blindside or surprised. She can freely control the size of the reiastu shield and she can store reiastu in blindspots and the shield will activate by proximity unless the attack in question is too fast for her to sense; the strength depends on the amount of reiastu used.
Genzou Ishikiri (Phantom Cut)
By focusing reiastu through the blade and releasing while slashing, the blade strikes at the target and a compressed wave of slashing reiatsu follows behind it; One effectively attacking 2 times at once, and Two: It is nearly invisible to the naked eye of those who are not spiritually aware.
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Bankai: Kantai Gozeikkitōsen "Armada of the Blind Valkyries" 
"Bankai...the ultimate form of a soul cutter.."
Upon the utterance of the word, Itsuse would flip the blade to place the back of it along her forearm horizontally as a blinding white light bursts forth from her body, cratering the ground with such a massive Reiastu. Upon releasing her Bankai, she is garbed in fitted full body ebony and silver trimmed armor with a helm and all; Behind her a Silvery gleaming ring, 4ft in size, would float behind her form, the pure color similar to her blade in its sealed form; it she can condense reiastu inside of it and use it as a defensive measure, as well as to defend others. Both the suit of armor and the ring is her bankai. The suit of armor is fortified with large amounts of reiastu, which makes her hand to hand combat prowess unrivaled thus far. The ring controlled by her will and she can use it for defensive and offense. She can also manipulate her reiastu into condensed blasts, wave, and slashes.
Bankai Abilities: ((Note: All shikai abilities can be used))
Ikimi no Voyevoda (Body of the Warlord)
The most powerful ability of her Bankai, Itsuse channels colossal amounts reiatsu into her body, causing a deep vibration that stimulates a tenfold increase temporary in her agility, strength, reaction time, sensory, and speed. The downsize to this technique amount of reiatsu it consumes and the strain on her body. ((Can't be used more than twice or she will blackout immediately after.))
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Standard Skills
Swordsmanship (斬術, zanjutsu; Cutting Technique)
One if the most used form of combat among Shinigami. As the name suggests, it involves using a Zanpakutō and its various special abilities to attack an opponent. In addition to its basic form, each Zanpakutō has two enhanced forms: Shikai (始解, Initial Release) and Bankai (卍解, Final Release), which change the sword's form to unlock its potential and that of its user. Itsuse is a expert swordswoman.
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Hand-to-hand combat (白打, hakuda; lit. white hits) is not elaborated upon by most shinigami. Physical strength and skill is determined by this class. It seems to be a combination of several martial arts. Itsuse is a master of Hand to Hand combat having trained extensively because of her lesser grasp of Kido. She prefers hand to hand most of the time, being efficient enough to deliver messages to and the Detention Unit.
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Agility (歩法, hohō; lit. step method)
An important skill for most Shinigami, and is very similar to the Sonído used by Arrancar. Though never stated clearly it most likely relates to the Shinigami ability to walk on air using spiritual power. By collecting and solidifying Reishi beneath their feet, Shinigami can gain traction on thin air to either freely move about or to stop themselves from falling. She is well versed in hoho, but not a masterful.
Shunpo (瞬歩, Flash steps), a movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow.[2]. The focal point that determines the bases of this technique is speed. As speed is the main point of the technique the method is best characterized by how fast one can get from point A to point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determines how fast a user of shunpo can move; those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower, which requires the use of more steps to move the same distance and become winded far easier in a shorter amount of time
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Reiryoku (霊力, Spiritual Power) is a power aligned with the spiritual sensitivity and willpower of the user. It is used by Shinigami to provide power for their various feats and to effectively channel the powers of their Zanpakutō. It can also be used to cast Kidō, magic spells created by the Shinigami. Reiryoku can even be coalesced into a physical form and thrown or shot as a projectile. As a display of potency, spiritual beings have the ability to incapacitate the opponent's movement and simultaneously frighten them, by means of dispersing Reiryoku into the air.
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Reiatsu (霊圧, Spiritual Pressure) is the physical force/pressure that a person’s Reiryoku creates when released. Most Shinigami and Arrancar, even Quincies and Bounts can manipulate the release of their reiatsu. Itsuse's reiatsu is a Smalt blue in color with a soft inner glow of Isabelline.
Itsuse can use her focus reiatsu to harden her skin, and effectively protect herself from attacks. She can effective deflect many attacks with her bare hands. She can also use her reiatsu to attack, and she can even paralyze with just her stare.
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Kidō (鬼道, "demon way", or "spirit way") is one of the four basic Shinigami combat forms
There are three main types of Kidō: binding spells, destruction spells, and healing spells. Itsuse is the weakest in terms of kido.
* Bakudō (Binding spells): are a broad category of defensive spells which block or repel attacks or freezes enemies in place.
* Hadō (Destructive spells): refer to offensive spells which harm an enemy or cause damage.
http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Kid%C5%8D
History
She is the 1st born of the Noble Sanada Family. Her childhood was learning, Training, and Knowledge. She took after her father most of all; although the Sanada Family did not establish a tradition of inheritance of a Division like most noble families did, Aeri Sanada was once Captain of the 13th Division of the Gotei 13. He was a playful, but honorable man and he and his wife, Adel Sanada was a soft spoken, but firey woman.
The two of them raised Itsuse well, teaching her the skills that they knew and had mastered, she learned, but she eventually came onto her own through personal training and self exploration. She was taken into the shinigami Academy to learn and experience more.
She studied at the Shinōreijutsuin for 3 years, learning the arts and skills required to be a shinigami. She excelled in close range combat and Hohō, but her kido abilities were lacking slightly. With another year of training to hone her close combat abilities, she began to hear humming...GozeIkkitōsen first spoke to her as she was meditating and they have been talking ever since.
With her relentless training and practice, she soon obtained use of GozeIkkitōsen's shikai form; within' just a half a year worth of training, wearing deadweights, practicing shunpo and Hohō, and having nothing but Kido only battles, she was able to master it completely and use it as a true extension of herself. Upon hearing of her leap in such a short time, the Captain Commander had her pulled from the Shinōreijutsuin in order to train privately within' the Onmitsukidō to bring her to perfection. Although she trained within' the ranks of Onmitsukidō, she was placed into the Gotei 13's 5th Division as a seated officer, and soon her training and earlier work for the Gotei 13 paid off; she was promoted to Vice Captain of the 5th Division. Her hoped were high as she continued to learn and train her to become even better at what was still her weakest area of combat, Kido.
On a routine assignment in the human world, her team was attacked by hollows in a public. She was suddenly crippled with fear the moment she saw the hollow, as all of them resembled a spider in some way. She panicked and immediately froze, unable to fight even to defend her own life. Her team protected her well, and fended well for themselves, still trying to reach her. Even Narutschi's singing couldn't pull her from terror. As the hollows proceeded with devouring her comrades, they were saved by her captain. Little did she know, it was a test. The hollow were created by the 12th Division; the project was sanctioned by the Captain Commander on request of her captain, to rid her of her fear. She vowed in tears to her captain to become stronger and conquer her greatest fear, making a vow to become a captain some day. For now she trained with GozeIkkitōsen, and many 5th Division members to master she fears and to gain the use of her Bankai.
She was sent to train with the 11th Division to hone her raw fighting skills, considering the 11th Division is a Division combat heavy division. While training her and the current 11th Division Vice Captain, William Rob, and they formed a sibling like bond of sorts.
She still works with the Onmitsukidō from time to time, keeping her skills sharp, as well as working in the Detention center, due to her hand to hand combat prowess. She spent days guarding the detention center and fighting with her Hakuda skills to keep the inmates under control. She formed a relationship with alot of inmates, though they were quite vicious, leading to her breaking bones and bruising alot of prisoners faces on a daily basis.
She was the first to experience the power of a "Hollow Yokai" She was put in the infirmary after being dusted off by it's raw power. After waking a week later. She gave her report to the Captain Commander, she request a month of time to train in the Menos Forest to become stronger. After the training, her skills and abilities had increased many times over and she seemed to even mature a little bit more, both in personality and appearance.
Her new gained skills developed raw unbridled strength and power within' her small form. Her overall style had become primal and wild, she had grew so much in one month and she had in fact gained use of her Bankai by forcing GozeIkkitōsen to submit to her power, at that moment GozeIkkitōsen and Itsuse had become one and the same. They had grown to respect each other. Upon returning to soul society after training, she was given the news that her Captain had sacrificed himself to contain a crippling explosion. Shortly after grieving, she requested her captain's proficiency test and had 4th Division Vice Captain Idan, and 10th Division Captain Fujiko Gozen, and the entire 5th Division as witnesses to her feat of Bankai and the right of passage to become 5th Division Captain.
So begins...
A huge explosion flung cars and and smaller objects back as if they were nothing. Along with the objects and debris a small figure was seen hurling out off the mess. This figure was Itsuse Sanada, 5th Squad Captain of the Gotei 13. She shook of the explosion looking almost as if it didn't bother her at all. Through the smoke a cero shot toward her; she immediately stopped the blast with her palm redirecting it into the air harmlessly. "This is why I never leave soul society..." the annoyance in her voice was apparent as the hollow revealed itself with a screech. "Camouflage..how annoying.." The huge SUV sized hollow quickly shot another cero her way and she did the same as before.
Itsuse ...Then she felt it. A massive reiatsu that seemed to weight down the air itself. She stayed calm, but then the hollow she was fighting a moment ago died instantly under the intensifying pressure. Whatever it was, it the pressure was getting stronger by the moment. "That's some serious spiritual pressure.." she thought to herself. From above a figure came crashing into the street. "There it is!" itsuse thought with her guard up.
Itsuse As the smoke and dust cleared she saw the silhouette of a woman...and then the woman attacked. Itsuse perceived the attack and took a step to the side to dodge attack..only to have to defend against a second attack. She flew back from the force of the blow, but nonetheless she was unharmed. She didn't have the time to react to the next attack, a kick to the face blew her across the road. She immediately hopped to her feet, removing her top to reveal a thick strap combat ready top that extended to her navel, bearing a small part of her midriff. "Alright, now its time to get serious..." she thought to herself. Searching for the assailant, whom attacked her from behind; she immediately swept her behind her turning to stop the kick of the woman, which was too fast for her to physically see. She could see the air distort around her foot as it struck once...twice...three times...four times. The four kick was shaking to say the least, she sent her into a forceful turn with it's seer strength. "Damn..." She stayed on guard as the assault halted.
Itsuse A huge explosion flung cars and and smaller objects back as if they were nothing. Along with the objects and debris a small figure was seen hurling out off the mess. This figure was Itsuse Sanada, 5th Squad Captain of the Gotei 13. She shook of the explosion looking almost as if it didn't bother her at all. Through the smoke a cero shot toward her; she immediately stopped the blast with her palm redirecting it into the air harmlessly. "This is why I never leave soul society..." the annoyance in her voice was apparent as the hollow revealed itself with a screech. "Camouflage..how annoying.." The huge SUV sized hollow quickly shot another cero her way and she did the same as before.
Itsuse ...Then she felt it. A massive reiatsu that seemed to weight down the air itself. She stayed calm, but then the hollow she was fighting a moment ago died instantly under the intensifying pressure. Whatever it was, it the pressure was getting stronger by the moment. "That's some serious spiritual pressure.." she thought to herself. From above a figure came crashing into the street from above. "There it is!" Itsuse thought with her guard up.
Itsuse Itsuse As the smoke and dust cleared she saw the silhouette of a woman...and then the woman attacked. Itsuse perceived the attack and took a step to the side to dodge attack..only to have to defend against a second attack. She flew back from the force of the blow, but nonetheless she was unharmed. She didn't have the time to react to the next attack, a kick to the face blew her across the road. She immediately hopped to her feet, removing her top to reveal a thick strap combat ready top that extended to her navel, bearing a small part of her midriff. "Alright, now its time to get serious..." she thought to herself. Searching for the assailant, whom attacked her from behind; she immediately swept her behind her turning to stop the kick of the woman, which was too fast for her to physically see. She could see the air distort around her foot as it struck once...twice...three times...four times. The four kick was shaking to say the least as it sent her into a forceful turn with it's seer strength. "Damn..." she thought, staying on guard as the assault halted. "Could it be camouflage again...?" She immediately took off toward a streetlight; and she heard the footsteps behind her. Peering behind her she saw the foot of the assailant once again distort the air as it struck her waiting forearm. It was her turn to strike, and the back of her fist hit air as she retaliated. "Damnit..." she thought, backing away as she looked for any other signs of the attacker.
Itsuse Suddenly she noticed two soft plume of dust move on the ground from two different directions in front of her. "Two attackers!" she thought as she lowered her stance, watching the flurry of attacks distort the air. It was the only reason she was even near able to keep up as she shook off the many kicks that she couldn't stop. Suddenly the assault halt just long even for her to see the massive warping of air coming toward her. She didn't have time to flash step, she couldn't dodge it, so she stood her ground. With a quick burst of deep smalt blue around her form she stopped the blast completely....for a second before it hit her braced form so hard it blew the wind from her lungs. her form rode the destructive wave back through a couple of buildings.
The destruction was a sight to see. The ground seemed to be gone, grinded away into dust that was scattered into a fine cloud, as well as the buildings that Itsuse had been blown through...but a small hand broken through the rubble, followed by a shoulder, head and torso..of the now annoyed captain. "Lucky for me we worked on defensive spiritual pressure..." she had survived the attack, despite a couple of broken ribs. She coughed a few times spitting the taste of brick and dirt out of her mouth. "I think now is a good a time as any.." GozeIkkitōsen answered, ringing through her mind. "No, not yet. You should only use shikai for now..that last blast didn't hurt you too bad...
Itsuse 's form seemed to appear in front of gambit's for just a second and vanish in a step of shunpo as cero plowed its way toward her. As she reappeared a second time a thunderous force struck at her form, and was stop with her left hand. The instant her assailant had appeared and the blow stopped, she was blown away back the crushing force delivered after the blow, and sent surfing through the street. "Your pretty powerful to have stopped the physical force, but it would seem my spiritual pressure trumps yours..." The rather strange looking humanoid female crossed her chalky white arms, standing on guard as she waited for an answer from Itsuse.
Itsuse "Bakudō #63. Sajo Sabaku!" shouted Itsuse from within' the plume of smoke; out of the smoke came a glowing amber chain link, slithering it's way through the air to ensnare the woman's arms. She swiftly backed away from chain and bumped into something...Itsuse has gotten behind her!!!? The snake like chain whipped it's way around the two of them, leaving them literally bound to each other. "What is this?! You'd risk getting this close to me?" The female questioned as she her Itsuse whispering. "..Sprinkled on the bones of the beast! Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring. Move and become the wind, stop and become the calm. The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle! Hadō #63. Raikōhō!" With her hands placed at the woman's back the glow of her hands was deafeningly bright, and then the spell released...the explosive force could be felt at least 3 blocks and the street was now a crater. After a long silence and the smoke finally cleared, Itsuse could be seen face down in the crater with her bankai slowly chipping away in pieces..
Itsuse Although she was fatally hurt, she was conscious enough to realize she was being rescued. She didn't object, hell she couldn't if she wanted to. She had put the big hurt on herself just to get the final blow in battle. Soon enough she was laid on a sofa; she could only stare up at the ceiling. Even moving her eyes hurt. "I'd hate to black out now..I might wake up in a ice bath with my kidneys gone.." GozeIkkitōsen's voice rung in her head. "What a foolish thing to think when your injured as badly as you are.." "..sss.." The stinging of her skin being touched made her grit her teeth and make the oddly blowing of air through her teeth. She was alive for sure, everything hurt like hell, but being alive was good enough.
Itsuse "I would love to talk, but my lips hurt..." Itsuse thought to herself. She had faded out of consciousness alot since she was brought into gambit's, but she heard the beginning of of her question "Can you talk?.." and she faded out then back into as the woman removed her hands. "I feel so much better, still in pain, but better is always good.." She thought as she answered her. "..I'm fine" she spoken in an inaudible whisper. "Kind of tired though.." She faded out again. "Even thinking is hurting.." her eyes shut as she twitched a finger. The tiny jolt of pain kept her up a bit longer.
