The impact was satisfying after she had dodged his previous attacks, though Hadama was not one to gloat about it or rest on his laurels. Especially when all he was able to do was to lower her center of gravity rather than to sweep her feet out from beneath her. He made a mental note to put more strength behind the move next time; Thalassa had clearly grown stronger as well, and perhaps he could hold back a little less with her now.
The wash of flames pushed towards him, their heat combining with the pummeling he was already receiving from the sun above, and he moved back to avoid the worst of their ire. He wasn't quite fast enough and he felt his eyebrows and arm hair singe, a painful sear reddening his forearms as he protected his face from the conflagration. Eyes narrowed against the onslaught he gave a slow nod. "If you wish for us to use magic..." Who was he to argue with the good captain? The air shimmered above Thalassa, lost in the heat distortion of her flames as space collapsed in on itself and then lanced downward. Three strikes fell, one to her left and one to her right, striking craters into the cracked earth and sending puffs of sand up to obscure her vision.
As for the third? The third came down on top of her in an attempt to knock her fully to the ground.
But in spite of his earlier estimation of her strength Hadama did, indeed, hold back his full strength, using only the basic level of his power to make his attack.
The wash of flames pushed towards him, their heat combining with the pummeling he was already receiving from the sun above, and he moved back to avoid the worst of their ire. He wasn't quite fast enough and he felt his eyebrows and arm hair singe, a painful sear reddening his forearms as he protected his face from the conflagration. Eyes narrowed against the onslaught he gave a slow nod. "If you wish for us to use magic..." Who was he to argue with the good captain? The air shimmered above Thalassa, lost in the heat distortion of her flames as space collapsed in on itself and then lanced downward. Three strikes fell, one to her left and one to her right, striking craters into the cracked earth and sending puffs of sand up to obscure her vision.
As for the third? The third came down on top of her in an attempt to knock her fully to the ground.
But in spite of his earlier estimation of her strength Hadama did, indeed, hold back his full strength, using only the basic level of his power to make his attack.
