Z couldn't hear a single thing Brad said but she was decent enough at lip-reading to make out what he said. Even thought she couldn't hear the hum, Brad's reaction gave her enough initiative to look at the source. She felt the blast as it shoved her against the ground, making her scrap the side of her leg more so than it already was. The ringing in her ears was replaced by the buzzing. The sound reached an intensity that she tried to cover her ears with her palms. Squeezing her eyes shut pushed tears to the corners of her eyes. Then suddenly it was over. Both the ringing and buzzing stopped, leaving the effect like she was underwater for her hearing. Her head was swimming in pain: her temples were throbbing, she could feel her fast heartbeat in every vein of her body, and everything felt like a dream, not real but somehow there.