[ But as soon as blood falls from the sky in between them, the shadows dart away from it in a way that makes it clear that they're anything but natural. They race back towards Sebastian like they're contracting, but not before a thick globule hits Sebastian himself to cover half of his face and torso.
And immediately, it burns.
It's not so bad physically as his skin blistering when he had been exposed to mustard gas, but it feels like it cuts deeper. After all, Sebastian was already much closer to the Kenoma than most. The shadows that he was about to use to trip her and snap those delicate legs may as well be a cousin to the sludge that he had drank. So he immediately reaches up to wipe at his face (with the broken arm, no less, showing his repulsion from it), though it's clear right away how it burns at him, if only minorly on the skin. It feels much worse than that, though.
It changes his tactics immediately. This quarry was no longer worth the risk.
There's another burst of his strength and speed, but now it's absolutely to get away from her. He jumps high, well out of her reach to land on a low rooftop nearby, but only just. Distantly, he's now quite glad that he had gone for her eye, since he's definitely more vulnerable to an archer now than he had been before, since this is how he'll have to flee.
But he stands straight as he turns back to regard her. ]
It seems we shall have to leave things here for now, Miss Hayame.
[ He does feel relatively safe up here, so he leans into the dramatics. It's partially because he's fairly certain it'll infuriate her all the more, but. It's also another, much simpler game he's playing. If he can make collating information about him a little more difficult, then it's worth the flair, in his opinion. ]
My name is Gabriel Lactance. I do hope I shall see you again.
[ Sebastian gives another little wave with her eye in hand, but with that, leaps back to disappear over the eaves of the house and into the city rooftops of Achamoth. ]
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And immediately, it burns.
It's not so bad physically as his skin blistering when he had been exposed to mustard gas, but it feels like it cuts deeper. After all, Sebastian was already much closer to the Kenoma than most. The shadows that he was about to use to trip her and snap those delicate legs may as well be a cousin to the sludge that he had drank. So he immediately reaches up to wipe at his face (with the broken arm, no less, showing his repulsion from it), though it's clear right away how it burns at him, if only minorly on the skin. It feels much worse than that, though.
It changes his tactics immediately. This quarry was no longer worth the risk.
There's another burst of his strength and speed, but now it's absolutely to get away from her. He jumps high, well out of her reach to land on a low rooftop nearby, but only just. Distantly, he's now quite glad that he had gone for her eye, since he's definitely more vulnerable to an archer now than he had been before, since this is how he'll have to flee.
But he stands straight as he turns back to regard her. ]
It seems we shall have to leave things here for now, Miss Hayame.
[ He does feel relatively safe up here, so he leans into the dramatics. It's partially because he's fairly certain it'll infuriate her all the more, but. It's also another, much simpler game he's playing. If he can make collating information about him a little more difficult, then it's worth the flair, in his opinion. ]
My name is Gabriel Lactance. I do hope I shall see you again.
[ Sebastian gives another little wave with her eye in hand, but with that, leaps back to disappear over the eaves of the house and into the city rooftops of Achamoth. ]