The attendant had started to blow, but was startled at your sudden action, and inhales instead. Caught off guard, they freeze for a moment.
That is all the time you need to grab Becky and run. She tries to follow in confusion, stumbling along on changing feet behind you. You can feel her hand changing to a claw in yours, and she is pulling at you, getting lower. Once you're out of sight of all of the booths on the strip, you stop and turn to her, wondering how to reverse whatever it is that ...THING... has done to her.
...If only you could think straight...