John's quick thinking would save his jaw some pain as the can of hairspray he produced was at the right place and the right time to intercept the impact of whatever was attacking them. The sheer force would knock it out of his hands, launching it straight into a nearby wall where it would crack open, spinning rapidly on the floor as its contents were violently expended.
This would give him enough time to scramble over to Jinny.
[Jinny WIL:01, PER:00]
As Jinny struggled to regain her standing, she finds that she cannot see anything, but her body is screaming at her as if it knows something she doesn't. Despite herself, Jinny finds that her body is acting strangely as her heartbeat quickens and her skin grows flush.
"Are either of you familiar with the human acute stress response?" The girl asked, before tapping her head, "It all begins in the amygdala, yanno?"
[John WIL:01, PER:01
As the girl speaks, John is once again able to catch a glimpse of
something. Roughly the same size of the child, the shadowy haze was animalistic.