Wessex had already chosen to fight the bard when she attacked him without provocation. "Thirty seconds - less than that - is hardly time to even try to negotiate," he pointed out, voice remarkably steady, he thought, given the frustration that snarled through his chest and pressed at the edges of his ribcage. "Much less with something that needed our help, not our impatience and violence. You don't give people a chance to work things out without jumping straight to violence." It had been the same way before the Spire had opened, he remembered, when he had perched on Rory's shoulder and Wessex had heard 'no' and immediately stormed off without asking what reasons the leatherworker had.
Near as he could tell, she didn't care about reasons, only getting her way, and at the first hint that others disagreed? Deception and violence.
Ah well, it wasn't like his track record was any better.
He reached for the well of new magic in him once more, feeling along the lines of force and tension in the stone around them before jerking at them sharply, trying to use his earth magic to open a small fissure in the ground beneath Wessex to drop her into. If he was successful, he'd try to shift a piece of rubble on top of it to keep her pinned
Jigano uses Upgraded Earth Magic to try and open a small fissure in the ground beneath Wessex to fall into, and if that's successful he tries to use the magic to shift a piece of rubble on top of it to pin her there.
Near as he could tell, she didn't care about reasons, only getting her way, and at the first hint that others disagreed? Deception and violence.
Ah well, it wasn't like his track record was any better.
He reached for the well of new magic in him once more, feeling along the lines of force and tension in the stone around them before jerking at them sharply, trying to use his earth magic to open a small fissure in the ground beneath Wessex to drop her into. If he was successful, he'd try to shift a piece of rubble on top of it to keep her pinned
Jigano uses Upgraded Earth Magic to try and open a small fissure in the ground beneath Wessex to fall into, and if that's successful he tries to use the magic to shift a piece of rubble on top of it to pin her there.
