She's able to navigate until the crying starts. Able to keep herself grounded and aware, able to at least feel like she's psychically bracing herself for what might come. It's when she thinks she hears one of the Terrans wailing and screaming that she's knocked off balance.

Not even just a Terran, a child that's in such misery and pain it almost feels like it's resonating and physically harming her, while she sleeps. Mikaela may not have magical training or additional spells to bolster herself, but she has a very strong will-- one that starts to crumple the closer and tighter Mordecai grips her. She can't grip back, she can't even try to communicate because she can barely understand him other than the raw primal fear and pain. Mikaela wants to leave him because of how much he's hurting her, even if that notion goes against some of her core morals. She has to get away from this pleading being because if she doesn't then--

She can feel the cracking and it's agony, barely able to focus on what's responding or anything going on around her. All she can do is try to kick and claw and escape frantically, feeling that the pressure will get worse and worse until she can't bear it anymore.