YESSSSS

[ One moment, he's looking a frozen Zell right in the eyes and freezing uneasily, himself. The next? Zell's sitting back against the wall, Mochi's yowling and scurrying away, and Zack, himself, is letting out a breath he didn't realize he'd been holding in as time seems to resume. He takes a few more breaths to steady himself before he shakes his head and starts towards Zell before hearing the distinct start of a crunching sound under his-

Oh shit.

He backpedals and maybe just in time because- oh... right. There's Zell's tablet. Which he had been on the cusp of taking when he'd... and now he'd... Zack reluctantly bends down to collect the tablet and assess the damage done and... ] Damn it...