"Thank you," he rumbled back, pleased by her praise and proud of his control. It was improving with every exercise of it, it seemed, and he pushed himself a little further with the next challenge.
Too many, or perhaps too small. The water impacted the Nightshade harmlessly aside from the drenching. At least here in the Oerwoud Longheat still held its usual rule over the land, and the water was refreshing rather than frigid. "I will--" He had started to reassure Maeve, but she wasted no time time in returning the favor and it was the mermanta who had to think quickly and react. He had trained with Melita under similar circumstances, testing the ability of his watery orbs to deflect incoming arrows, and now put that training into practice once more.
He had held three orbs back for defense and he shifted them into motion now, each one spinning rapidly as they used momentum to nudge the projectiles off course. He was able to maneuver his spheres into the paths of the first and second stars, knocking them askew from their straight flights handily so that they splashed into the stream far to the sides of him. The third, however, was one threat too many for him to track. The third ball of water swooped by to the side of the star bolt harmlessly, missing it completely so that the weapon impacted where Maeve had aimed it; which thankfully wasn't directly at him.
"Impressive." His compliment was all the more sincere for the seriousness with which he gave it as he gathered his power for a final assault. "One last challenge, then." A single watery globe the size of a grape gleamed and spun in front of him before he sent it speeding as swiftly as his power could command it towards the dampened Queen.
Too many, or perhaps too small. The water impacted the Nightshade harmlessly aside from the drenching. At least here in the Oerwoud Longheat still held its usual rule over the land, and the water was refreshing rather than frigid. "I will--" He had started to reassure Maeve, but she wasted no time time in returning the favor and it was the mermanta who had to think quickly and react. He had trained with Melita under similar circumstances, testing the ability of his watery orbs to deflect incoming arrows, and now put that training into practice once more.
He had held three orbs back for defense and he shifted them into motion now, each one spinning rapidly as they used momentum to nudge the projectiles off course. He was able to maneuver his spheres into the paths of the first and second stars, knocking them askew from their straight flights handily so that they splashed into the stream far to the sides of him. The third, however, was one threat too many for him to track. The third ball of water swooped by to the side of the star bolt harmlessly, missing it completely so that the weapon impacted where Maeve had aimed it; which thankfully wasn't directly at him.
"Impressive." His compliment was all the more sincere for the seriousness with which he gave it as he gathered his power for a final assault. "One last challenge, then." A single watery globe the size of a grape gleamed and spun in front of him before he sent it speeding as swiftly as his power could command it towards the dampened Queen.
