A bunch of heavy books landed on Nenniah's right foot with a loud thud. "I'm so sorry!" Sharyssa called out frantically, kneeling quickly to get the tomes off and stack them up to the side,a slow process when one has onyl on arm.
If she were to look back on this, one day, she might have determined how to approach the situation with a more rational mind. The trouble was always how one thinks in the moment, of course. Nenniah had little practice with decorum and grace, so it came as no surprise that she'd make a fool of herself.
Pain, white hot, erupted from her toes and shot up her foot as a number of tomes, some astonishingly heavy, landed directly on top of them. There was just no graceful way to express how much it hurt.
"Aaie!" Nenniah cried, hopping back. Immediately, she grabbed her right foot as she yanked it out from beneath the pile of books, hopping side to side on her totally fine left foot as she tried to regain her lost balance.
At last, Nenniah gave up entirely on that notion, and sat down hard on the nearby curb. She began sliding off her boot and sock, carefully, carefully, all the while hissing and groaning about her predicament. With the flashes of pain, came flashes of anger as she cursed herself and everyone around her. Why were mortal bones so laughably fragile? Why did they only have two legs to rely on???
She hadn't even registered Sharyssa's presence yet, as her toes were still throbbing pretty badly. It was no surprise as to why: when she finally got her shoe and sock off, a couple of them looked entirely broken. Nenniah hissed, squeezing the injured foot as she looked up and around, and began to notice her surroundings. Embarrassment crept up into her cheeks as she remembered the strange sound she made when the books fell on her foot.
Nenniah looked to the Nightborne attempting to gather her things together. While her own pain hazed in the background, she suddenly realized that the woman had only one arm; again, mortal folly. No wonder she had dropped the books.
"Ow, tsss..., with how much magic is thrown around these days, one would hope there was a better way to carry heavy books! Ow..."