*Huh. That explains some things.*
Kat forced her mind to overdrive as her emotions threatened to overwhelm her forcing her mind to speed up as the world practically froze. Then the guilt came. The idea that she was abusing her abilities just to have more time to react to Lily's statement somehow struck her as decidedly unfair. Lily didn't have this chance, and a large part of Kat felt that she shouldn't either. Despite that, the much stronger part, the one that knew this had to be done right slammed down on the guilt forcing it deep into the corner of her mind and crushing it so that it would not bother her right now.
I was going to go a little further this chapter... but then I decided the next one has to be from Lily's perspective. So we're ending things here.
Edition 25/09 : Sorry guys I've been out with a fever after I had a COVID vaccine but I'm mostly right now. I've certainly not run out of ideas, I've just been sick chapters should be back to normal now