[Given that Maya is A) down a leg, B) in pain otherwise, and C), competely exhausted due to her ropes class from hell, there's no hope for her in terms of staying on her feet. She falls to the ground in a heap, dirt getting everywhere and probably in places it shouldn't be.
But she's alive. She doesn't know how, or what was done. Part of her is terrified for Hester, another part is terrified for Janis. But the part of her that mourned the loss of Peregrine, the damage done to their relationship, is so relieved. She buries her face within her hair.
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But she's alive. She doesn't know how, or what was done. Part of her is terrified for Hester, another part is terrified for Janis. But the part of her that mourned the loss of Peregrine, the damage done to their relationship, is so relieved. She buries her face within her hair.
Through the sobs, she manages:]
Not -- Not a curse. Never a curse.