Like a flower waiting to bloom.
Tears are starting to well up in her eyes and she cannot even blink them away. She’s aware of Ivar right beside her, perhaps even too aware, but it’s all she can hold on to right now. However, the confusion in his eyes only make her panic more. What was happing to her? Why couldn’t she move?
Even if Kylin would’ve wanted to move away from his touch – which would’ve been a very natural thing to do, as the throat was such a sensitive part of the body – she cannot. Her heart skips a beat and another gasp is all she can do. For a moment she doesn’t know if his touch cams her down or frightens her even more. All the things he could do to her, and Kylin wouldn’t be able to stop him.
No. He’s her friend. Ivar wouldn’t hurt her, would he?
But he also was the one that had told her to be still, just before she found herself unable to move. At the same time, he seemed pretty confused and concerned about the matter either.
Her body moves for his touch, not like dead weight, but more like a doll you could position in whatever way you liked. Kylin can neither will her muscles to move, nor stop them from moving. Like that her neck bends, forcing her to look into the opposite direction of where Ivar was standing. She knows he’s close. She can feel him and see him just out of the corner of her eye, but she cannot see what he’s doing.
Next is her leg, but this time he doesn’t push through, doesn’t pull her leg up. But Kylin can no longer worry about it. Just as he had told her to hold still, he now told her not to worry, and she doesn’t. Her heartbeat and breathing slows and her muscles visibly relax. Serene calmness washes over her, taking all her worry and fear. ”I can’t” she tells him, honestly and unfazed. So completely opposite of how she had been moments before.
The wind picks up a little as she still stands frozen on top of the water. They tug on her mane and tail, making them sway gently. Her sides move too, but only because of her breath, that part wasn’t affected. Kylin didn’t control it though, some other force was. But Ivar had told her not to worry, and thus does she not give the thought any mind.
OOC: I try to avoid 'reaction' replies in which I don't add any new, but honestly, that's hard with a pony frozen in place XD. Or that's what I understood, that he hasn't cancelled the hypnotism that keeps her frozen in place.