Really. She's by herself, in her nightshirt (after being awakened by the people trying to abduct her), all of 5'5", and this big dudes are trying to grab her. She decides to slow them down by short-circuiting their real brains by activating their lizard-brains. She also describes her tits as "big enough that other women call her fat," whatever the fuck that means.

And this book is written by a woman. wtf.

The nausea was abdominal migraines, related to thyroid imbalance.