" It was time to panic, Scotty thought. The only thing she could think of was to faint.

Scotty had never fainted before, not even in the worst moments of her life, but she was so frightened that very little acting was required. She simply placed a hand on her forehead, then crumpled in sections at Bo's feet like an elongated sack of oranges.

Bo's inexperience with fainting apparently matched Scotty's, because he reacted as if she had taken an arrow to the chest. "

― Stuart Woods , Under the Lake