is there a price to burn this paradise?
Cloud manta screamed when they were shot out of the sky.
Ronin knew this, and Amalia was about to learn it too, given that one of the majestic creatures had been flapping marvellously over the shore when a star bolt took it down. Screeching and wailing, it attempted to right itself through the suddenly lopsided trajectory of its path, blood raining down upon the lighthouse cliff (and Amalia too if she were unlucky).
Eventually it crashed to the ground a short distance away from the Shield, twitching in its death throes. Ronin wasted no time - having been hunting the creatures from the shoreline, he was already clambering his way up to the lighthouse on bare feet, his shirt tucked into the back of his pants, bare torso tanned and scarred and flecked with manta blood.
Humming a rough tune under his breath, Ronin already had a knife (hooked and wicked sharp) in his hand, prepared to carve the jewel from the manta’s forehead. If he noticed the woman dangling her legs over the cliff, he paid her no attention, too busy in his work.
Ronin knew this, and Amalia was about to learn it too, given that one of the majestic creatures had been flapping marvellously over the shore when a star bolt took it down. Screeching and wailing, it attempted to right itself through the suddenly lopsided trajectory of its path, blood raining down upon the lighthouse cliff (and Amalia too if she were unlucky).
Eventually it crashed to the ground a short distance away from the Shield, twitching in its death throes. Ronin wasted no time - having been hunting the creatures from the shoreline, he was already clambering his way up to the lighthouse on bare feet, his shirt tucked into the back of his pants, bare torso tanned and scarred and flecked with manta blood.
Humming a rough tune under his breath, Ronin already had a knife (hooked and wicked sharp) in his hand, prepared to carve the jewel from the manta’s forehead. If he noticed the woman dangling her legs over the cliff, he paid her no attention, too busy in his work.
