The pep-talk ran for another five to seven minutes, with Kumiko addressing every tiny detail that the team had to pay attention to. Higo himself wasn't in the mood to listen to that, his mind still recalling what happened at the end of the first half.
'Is that… Fear?' He frowned, trying to recall the incident frame by frame inside his head. 'I know where the ball is going, and I know how to deal with that, but my body refuses to work, not wanting to get another clash. Is that what happened?' He frowned.
The more he thought about this, though, the more Higo found that the theory matched the reality here. This was some sort of PTSD case, where his brain knew what he had to do, and yet, his body reacted otherwise, trying to avoid the danger that he had already suffered beforehand.
