The effects of Sowilo were the only thing keeping her on her feet right now and for a moment her vision went completely blank and she was unsure whether or not her attempt had worked. Clutching her head and swaying on spot, she felt a sharp pain in her shoulder (the one she had smacked into with a rock previously) and her face contorted. Her cheek was still bleeding slightly from scrapping against the ground and she was not sure she could even feel her legs. Or perhaps it was the adrenaline that was influencing the numbness that had taken hold of her and thus barely even registered that she had been spoken to by a Ministry Official.

Truth be told the Wampus hardly registered the woman at all as her attention was on the runespoor and their disinterest in each other was clearly mutual.

And her wand twitched. The need to blast it apart surging through her as she heard the door finally creak open to release her from this hell.

The seventeen year old somehow found it in her to lower her wand and even holstered it in her combat boot. Straightening (a bit too quickly) and feeling absolutely nothing at all right now, Valerie walked through the door and departed the scene.