[ That's a neat trick. It doesn't react like the shielding he himself is most familiar with, but there's clearly something at work protecting the other from catching a hit.
Not so Gustave, who dodges adroitly out of the way when that tail comes down again, the gleaming wicked point of it aiming for him. Despite his injuries, he moves with the unthinking precision of someone who has been trained down to the ground. And who, perhaps more usefully, is used to reacting at blink-and-you'll-miss-it speeds to attacks.
He keeps his sword and pistol up, his own posture far more obviously ready than the other's. ]
—If it's anything like the last arena I was in, 'to the ground' should be enough.
[ He hopes. He's not sure this thing has even the mental capacity of a gestral. They might be forced to put it down for good. ]
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[ That's a neat trick. It doesn't react like the shielding he himself is most familiar with, but there's clearly something at work protecting the other from catching a hit.
Not so Gustave, who dodges adroitly out of the way when that tail comes down again, the gleaming wicked point of it aiming for him. Despite his injuries, he moves with the unthinking precision of someone who has been trained down to the ground. And who, perhaps more usefully, is used to reacting at blink-and-you'll-miss-it speeds to attacks.
He keeps his sword and pistol up, his own posture far more obviously ready than the other's. ]
—If it's anything like the last arena I was in, 'to the ground' should be enough.
[ He hopes. He's not sure this thing has even the mental capacity of a gestral. They might be forced to put it down for good. ]