How can I avoid word repetition in the following paragraph?

Question

> Eri knelt down slowly and thought about her world. The one with the> solid **ground** in which she had stood all her life. Would that surface> break apart one day? And when it did, what would happen to her?> Perhaps she would end up floating aimlessly in a vast nothingness. Her> feet never touching the **ground** again. Her hands never finding anything> to hold onto.I've been trying to edit this for about an hour. It's like a chess dilemma I created myself. I can't replace *ground* with *surface* because I'm already using it in the next sentence. And it seems like *feet never touching the ground* is the most natural way of saying it. I think *feet touching the soil* and *feet touching the land* sound strange.Does anyone have a simple, effective way to solve this?

Answer 1

What about "her feet never touching down again?"