"Drained of blood," he rumbled, then gave a slight shake of his head. "I do not know how. The marks on them were unfamiliar. It is not something the mer would do." Draining blood into the sea had little point and would only draw sharks, imperiling whoever did it. And so far all of the... sacrifices? had been air-breathing creatures. None of the deeper denizens of Torchline had been found in such a state.
He tilted his head at her silently as she doubted Safrin's musings on the topic. He had already passed along the Goddess's words and his own conjecture. "I do not know the limits of human magic," he admitted simply. With a nod towards her bow he added: "Or your magical items." A gentle reminder, perhaps, that there was more on heaven and Caido than they had yet experienced.
With a final look at the fallen water horse Hadama swam a little distance back into the water before raising two head-sized spheres of water and holding them floating in the air above his head. "Target practice. And precision work." With a gleam of humor in emerald eyes he held the first orb steady while the second began a slow, controlled flight towards Maeve. There was plenty of time for her prepare her weapon and dodge this time but the watery sphere picked up speed as it drew closer to her and its trajectory wasn't entirely straight.
He tilted his head at her silently as she doubted Safrin's musings on the topic. He had already passed along the Goddess's words and his own conjecture. "I do not know the limits of human magic," he admitted simply. With a nod towards her bow he added: "Or your magical items." A gentle reminder, perhaps, that there was more on heaven and Caido than they had yet experienced.
With a final look at the fallen water horse Hadama swam a little distance back into the water before raising two head-sized spheres of water and holding them floating in the air above his head. "Target practice. And precision work." With a gleam of humor in emerald eyes he held the first orb steady while the second began a slow, controlled flight towards Maeve. There was plenty of time for her prepare her weapon and dodge this time but the watery sphere picked up speed as it drew closer to her and its trajectory wasn't entirely straight.
