1. why does Loung go to see Ma?? 2. how does her body react when she hears the news at Ro Leap?

She wakes up one morning and feels the burning desire to see Ma, "I have to go to her". It turns out that Ma and Geak were taken by soldiers which explains Loung's burning desire to see Ma. At the news Loung says,

"Tears roll uncontrollably down my face. My chest compresses, my insides gnaw at me, eating away at my sanity."