[She catches weird glimpses of strangely precise details as the world whips by--like the exact number of seagulls perched on the top of some water ride. Maybe it's the much lower speed or just the fact that she's getting used to it, but there's none of the queasiness she felt earlier.
She can hear Wally yelling in her ear. Okay, so it's more like whooping for joy, but still. Then he starts to laugh and Artemis finds herself joining in, carried away by the giddy excitement of freefall.
Then, all too soon, it's over. The roller coaster car slows and rattles to a stop back where they started. Artemis has strands of her own ponytail stuck in the corners of her mouth and her knees are wobbly when the ride attendant comes to let them out of the safety harness. All the same, her eyes are alight and she can't stop grinning. She looks over at Wally.]
action;
She can hear Wally yelling in her ear. Okay, so it's more like whooping for joy, but still. Then he starts to laugh and Artemis finds herself joining in, carried away by the giddy excitement of freefall.
Then, all too soon, it's over. The roller coaster car slows and rattles to a stop back where they started. Artemis has strands of her own ponytail stuck in the corners of her mouth and her knees are wobbly when the ride attendant comes to let them out of the safety harness. All the same, her eyes are alight and she can't stop grinning. She looks over at Wally.]
I totally knew you would scream.