It Feels...

The woman's face drained of all color. This moment… Was maybe the most surreal of her entire life. 

Logically, she knew that even if she let this blade qi approach her without doing a single thing, it wouldn't even manage to reach her skin. The difference between the current Ryu and a Sky God was so large that the attacks he would levy toward one would crumble beneath their presence without even making contact… 

And yet, despite that, despite knowing the disparity between them, the woman was still frozen in place. A deep, rooted fear took hold of her heart. It felt in that moment that every flaw she had ever hidden and buried deep within herself was being dredged up and displayed for all to see, as though she was being stripped naked for the world. 

Such a feeling of vulnerability, such a feeling of helplessness… She hadn't experienced such a thing since…