[Tristan has time to stiffen and try to--what? He can't defend himself, even if he can recognize what's being used on him he doesn't have any power to call to counter it. It's frustrating, at Ariel's age he could have defended himself from this. Now he's absolutely powerless and the feeling is terrifying. Horrifying. He thought they were done, he thought--was he naive?]

[Is he naive to want things how they were before this?]

[His response is a choked noise, as he tries to breathe and can't.]