Continuity issue? At the very least, the spatial arrangement seems odd. If you're lying on your back, you are facing up and have your chest and stomach upward. If Cruff is working on your back, though, it suggests you're laying on your stomach, facing down, with your back up. There's no indication Steele being moved between these two lines.
You wind up on your back, arms and legs held level.
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The fhan’i’s slim digits spread across your face at the same time as the kalabast’s wide paws massage your back, and the effect is one of deep relaxation...