we shall heal our wounds, collect our dead
It almost happens in slow motion (the irony, considering how quickly he's moved). And whilst Ronin might be a tactician, a strategist and a soldier, having Phoebe try to dodge away from him - badly - and then try to use him to stay upright is... well. It isn't what he expects, put it in that way.
And so it goes, that the Nightingale manages to grab the waistband of Ronin's pants, pulling them down to his ankles on her journey to the ground. It's such a swift pantsing that Ronin promptly overbalances and trips over himself... and inevitably, down he goes as well.
"Is this how all of Frey's demigods fight?" he wants to know, his voice muffled from the dirt, his star-spangled boxers on show for all to see.
And so it goes, that the Nightingale manages to grab the waistband of Ronin's pants, pulling them down to his ankles on her journey to the ground. It's such a swift pantsing that Ronin promptly overbalances and trips over himself... and inevitably, down he goes as well.
"Is this how all of Frey's demigods fight?" he wants to know, his voice muffled from the dirt, his star-spangled boxers on show for all to see.
THE DARK STAR
and continue fighting
