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CLOSING TO WITHIN 20 FEET, Julia could see the two watchers clearly becoming pursuers as they began to run towards Peng. With their attention focused on Peng, she picked up her pace and walked as quickly as she could without attracting attention.
Just as she adjusted her gait, Julia was suddenly knocked sideways and felt multiple sets of hands lock onto her arms. She was spun 90 degrees, forcing her to lose sight of Peng. She swore at herself for being taken by surprise, too focused on Peng and his pursuers, apparently she had some friends of her own that she had failed to notice.
Reacting from the aggressors’ impacts, her muscle memory and training took over without thought. Julia flowed with the momentum of her attackers, fluidly pulling the two men she now had eyes on, so that the
