This time around Melita hadn't been in any real danger, but Hadama certainly was.
Perhaps if he'd been fully submerged he would have been more graceful and swift. Then again, his was not a form for darting motion or slender pirouettes. The large, broad-shouldered merman tried to lunge to the side once again, but this time the returned seed pod had far too much momentum for it to be that easy. He winced as it impacted a meaty pectoral with a bruising thud, glancing down at the offending pod with a calculating look.
He would not mind if this particular tree never sprouted.
"You have a talent for this," he rumbled, amused in spite of the soreness as he gathered the same projectile up again and rose a little higher out of the water, putting more muscle behind his throw in return.
This time it flew straight and true once more towards the center of Mel's torso, but with more speed than the previous two attempts.
Perhaps if he'd been fully submerged he would have been more graceful and swift. Then again, his was not a form for darting motion or slender pirouettes. The large, broad-shouldered merman tried to lunge to the side once again, but this time the returned seed pod had far too much momentum for it to be that easy. He winced as it impacted a meaty pectoral with a bruising thud, glancing down at the offending pod with a calculating look.
He would not mind if this particular tree never sprouted.
"You have a talent for this," he rumbled, amused in spite of the soreness as he gathered the same projectile up again and rose a little higher out of the water, putting more muscle behind his throw in return.
This time it flew straight and true once more towards the center of Mel's torso, but with more speed than the previous two attempts.
