He was impressed at how quick Edmund's reactions were, grunting faintly as his knee was caught and pushed away without completing his intended strike, but his own balance was solid enough that he managed to keep it this time while he retreated. He had to pinwheel his arms to keep himself upright as he dodged the kick to his knee, however, and the Ancient was within a hair's breadth of connecting before Tal managed to make good his escape.
He started to lunge forward in retaliation, but he felt his hair start to lift all at once and the courier had been sailing the Peregrine long enough to know a stormcharge when one was tickling the back of his neck. He swore and flung himself to the side instead as a bolt of lightning flashed down nearby, close enough to make his toes tingle and all his hair stand up on end. The crack of thunder that followed was deafening - literally - and he shook his head, dazed, as he blinked away the afterimages and stumbled to his feet, heading over in the last direction he'd seen Edmund in so he could offer the other man a hand up if he needed it. "Truce?" he yelled, trying to hear himself over the ringing in his ears.
He started to lunge forward in retaliation, but he felt his hair start to lift all at once and the courier had been sailing the Peregrine long enough to know a stormcharge when one was tickling the back of his neck. He swore and flung himself to the side instead as a bolt of lightning flashed down nearby, close enough to make his toes tingle and all his hair stand up on end. The crack of thunder that followed was deafening - literally - and he shook his head, dazed, as he blinked away the afterimages and stumbled to his feet, heading over in the last direction he'd seen Edmund in so he could offer the other man a hand up if he needed it. "Truce?" he yelled, trying to hear himself over the ringing in his ears.
