and he 's grabbing her by the neck with one hand and smashing a cloth over her nose and mouth with the other and as i call out and take a step forward i hear her scream from beneath it and she tries to fight with her hands but aaron 's holding her tight and by the time i 've taken my second and third steps she 's already swooning from whatever 's on the cloth and on my fourth and fifth steps he 's dropping her to the ground and manchee is still in my arms and on my sixth step he 's reaching behind his back and i do n't have my knife and i have manchee with me and i can only run towards him and on my seventh step i see him bring around a wooden staff that 's been strapped to his back and it swings thru the air and strikes me full on the side of my head with a crack and i fall and manchee tumbles from my arms and i crash into the ground on my belly and my head is ringing so hard i ca n't even catch myself and the world goes wobbly and grey and full of only pain and i 'm on the ground and everything is tilting and sliding and my arms and legs weigh too much to lift and my face is half in the mud but half turned up and i can see aaron watching me on the ground and i see his noise and viola in it and i see him see my knife shining red in the mud and he picks it up and i try to crawl away but the weight of my body sticks me to the spot and i can only watch as he stands over me .