and the only solution was to stand and fight
“Try, is all,” he remarked with the barest glint of a smirk again; eyes flickering back to survey the scene. He’d seen mastered lightning do all sorts of damage – from death and carnage to moments of proximity to Mort’s Realm – and even though Elizabeth might not willingly seek out battles, it didn’t mean they wouldn’t come to her. War had a particular way of finding all of them – and certainly had the last time it severed and seared across the surface.
But then the static and sparks caught at the cyclone of rocks and dirt, and he watched with rapt amusement as one of the stones went flying off; unbothered by the sound and sight of it singeing, or that it ricocheted with such velocity. Too familiar with danger to bat an eye, he merely snagged at it with more earth and air, permitting it to return to the revolving chasm as Elizabeth’s incantations seemingly snuffed out.
Musing out loud, as he’d so often done with Hotaru when practicing her own sparking enchantments, he tilted his head, considering. “Wonder if you can aim it for the middle. See if you can add to the storm.” Or if it would simply cease to exist again, once it was too close to the maneuvering and shifting earth. On his whim and hunch, he contorted and controlled the rapacious edges again, unfurling so there was a clear section for her to utilize the sparking synapses.
But then the static and sparks caught at the cyclone of rocks and dirt, and he watched with rapt amusement as one of the stones went flying off; unbothered by the sound and sight of it singeing, or that it ricocheted with such velocity. Too familiar with danger to bat an eye, he merely snagged at it with more earth and air, permitting it to return to the revolving chasm as Elizabeth’s incantations seemingly snuffed out.
Musing out loud, as he’d so often done with Hotaru when practicing her own sparking enchantments, he tilted his head, considering. “Wonder if you can aim it for the middle. See if you can add to the storm.” Or if it would simply cease to exist again, once it was too close to the maneuvering and shifting earth. On his whim and hunch, he contorted and controlled the rapacious edges again, unfurling so there was a clear section for her to utilize the sparking synapses.
DEIMOS
