(story telling again. Get ready people)
Immediately everyone was absorbed in the fighting. There was nothing else to think about. [Redacted] hadn’t realized he would remember just how using a sword felt, because they hadn’t done so in a while. But they moved fast, and being able to blind your opponent definitely helps in winning a fight.
Across the field, Somino was also holding their own quite well, even with a busted hand. They’d definitely practiced, and the sharp point of their spear worked wonders that their bat wouldn’t have been able too in this scenario.
Rizu and Asa were also holding their own well, staying higher up and moving constantly. Shockingly, Rizu has deadly aim, and Asa wasn’t a particularly bad shot either.
But in this kind of scenario, when one of you is the target, and intended only to be incapacitated and not killed, they’ll do anything to distract you. And they knew he’d focus on anything that happened to one of their kids.
He saw a grunt level their weapon towards Somino. Their back was turned and they had no clue of what was behind them, and Rizu and Asa were too far to see it.
He didn’t even think. They just moved. It had lost four others dear to them from its own inaction, and he would not let it happen again. Nobody else would be lost because they didn’t move fast enough, or do something to stop it, and it damn well would never happen to his kid.
Maybe before the calamity he would have been afraid, but he’d faced death once before, and knowing the others were there waiting for them, it wasn’t so scary to think about. Even so, they said a small prayer to Ludeius. He may not typically be one to pray to their species guardian deity, but in this case he wanted just that little bit of relief.
He just hoped Somino would forgive them.
When he pushed them behind him, he saw the look on their face. They knew something was up, but it wasn’t until it actually happened that they understood.
(Tw: not super well drawn explosion)
Gods it hurt. He’d expected it, but he still wasn’t ready for it. Just for a second he stood, wing still spread in front of Somino, and he heard that sharp inhale of panic from them.
But then they were falling to the ground, vision going blurry, and all they heard was Niko screaming something at him.
And the glowing feather drifted to the ground alongside him.
Five glowing feathers on the ground.
