It's a good thing Psii's already wounded the guy, and that the other tribute will be preoccupied for a few moments. Because the sudden, violent movement of his body wakes Schuldig up - and his mind is still connected with Psii's.

What follows is a dizzying, disoriented mess. It's the feeling of having unwittingly turned one's headphones up to full blast without realizing and turning on the radio - a blast of voices where there was nothing a second ago, deafening and confusing. Sensations, too - pounding pain, sharp agony, fear and misery in overwhelming measure. There's that feeling of not knowing where one is, not knowing what's happening, not even knowing who one is, that everyone's felt for split seconds when first waking up - only this one stretches. There's no intrinsic certainty of self, no guarantee that this feeling will ever end.

But then, like a picture snapping into focus, it does. All the other voices are silenced and Schuldig is a distinct presence and clear voice in his mind again, as if he'd never left. All of it a mental process that takes place in the time before the man Psii's shanked has even stopped screaming.

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