[ Damn, this is what they get for opening their big mouth.
Ah, well. They're not going to take this lying down, of course, but this fight is going as well as it realistically could have gone.
When Yeager ends up becoming pierced by the shadow tendril, they hear him tell Casey to protect them. They are startled, but recover swiftly. ]
...Don't bother. I hardly need to be protected.
I'm more sturdy than humans like the two of you.
[ Anyway, they actually look like they're going to dodge, but the universe decided to say "Fuck you Void Archives, you protect no one, not even in a dream," and so, for some inane reason, with the probability of this happening at least under 0.00001%, they manage to completely whiff it. To the point of losing their balance (they tripped over something. Their feet? A piece of debris? Who knows, they don't recall anymore; all they remember is falling to the ground.)(1) ]
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Ah, well. They're not going to take this lying down, of course, but this fight is going as well as it realistically could have gone.
When Yeager ends up becoming pierced by the shadow tendril, they hear him tell Casey to protect them. They are startled, but recover swiftly. ]
...Don't bother. I hardly need to be protected.
I'm more sturdy than humans like the two of you.
[ Anyway, they actually look like they're going to dodge, but the universe decided to say "Fuck you Void Archives, you protect no one, not even in a dream," and so, for some inane reason, with the probability of this happening at least under 0.00001%, they manage to completely whiff it. To the point of losing their balance (they tripped over something. Their feet? A piece of debris? Who knows, they don't recall anymore; all they remember is falling to the ground.)(1) ]