A few seconds. A moments worth of suspire was all it took for Michael to find himself in wake of his worst nightmare, and an equivalence of the duration was all the time he had to break free of his maladroicy, to choose wisely which to consult to between two conflicting sides -His rational mind or his male instincts. The assigned stretch of time was simply too limited and inadequate for any sort of crucial productivity. A tidal wave of shock and panic had engulfed him, rending to insignificance every bit of capability he had of containing the situation.
The reality of it all was too much for one man to handle. No amount of counterattack or strategic planning he could have devised could have prepared him for this -there's only so much a man can take.
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