[It's the raw and painful similarity that arrests him - the echoes of a partnership that catches him unawares and reminds him, achingly, of Sidewinder. He gets a half a second of frozen time, suspended in the air, to realize it.]
[Some part of him, unconscious, must have caught the similarity before he was aware of it. He's a fraction too slow. A split second of hesitation puts him just a half a pace behind Maine, jarring their synchronization.]
[He's not fast enough. He springs, and it's seconds too slow.]
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[Some part of him, unconscious, must have caught the similarity before he was aware of it. He's a fraction too slow. A split second of hesitation puts him just a half a pace behind Maine, jarring their synchronization.]
[He's not fast enough. He springs, and it's seconds too slow.]