Johanna makes an angry noise at the punch, not as an exclamation of pain--though it helps to give voice to it, however briefly; it frees her from thinking about that brief sharp hurt. She does not have time for pain, she's got to think, and think fast.
Kate's grip is pretty good, and the tug starts immediately. Johanna knows what she's going for, and with another angry noise, she shoves herself sideways, rolls her hips and knee up toward the ceiling. One hand grabs for Kate's foot, shoves it down toward the mat--and with her other arm, she hooks around Kate's top leg, as she heaves herself up to a sitting position. The movement puts a brief strain on her leg, but Johanna sets her teeth against it. She's got Kate twisted in such a way that she'll have to release the leg, she'll have to let go, if only to ease the strain on her own legs, one of her feet trapped against the floor, the other leg still hooked in the crook of Johanna's elbow--and in case that strain isn't enough, Johanna shoves her hip against Kate's foot, pinning it to the floor and increasing the distance between that leg and the one she's holding trapped. It's like she's a very hands-on gymnastics instructor, trying to get Kate to do some weird version of the splits--except with more pain.
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Kate's grip is pretty good, and the tug starts immediately. Johanna knows what she's going for, and with another angry noise, she shoves herself sideways, rolls her hips and knee up toward the ceiling. One hand grabs for Kate's foot, shoves it down toward the mat--and with her other arm, she hooks around Kate's top leg, as she heaves herself up to a sitting position. The movement puts a brief strain on her leg, but Johanna sets her teeth against it. She's got Kate twisted in such a way that she'll have to release the leg, she'll have to let go, if only to ease the strain on her own legs, one of her feet trapped against the floor, the other leg still hooked in the crook of Johanna's elbow--and in case that strain isn't enough, Johanna shoves her hip against Kate's foot, pinning it to the floor and increasing the distance between that leg and the one she's holding trapped. It's like she's a very hands-on gymnastics instructor, trying to get Kate to do some weird version of the splits--except with more pain.