[ he swipes at a cut that's opened up around his hairline — and better that than his eyes — to clear his vision of blood as he braces for a next attack. but it doesn't come, at least not immediately. instead, the monster flies up, and up, and up, and there's a long moment where rand watches him go.
it really would be too much to hope for that howl will just leave him, wouldn't it. he looks to the pyres and back to the creature, jaw tightening. he'd rather run than fight, his priority with himeka and abel, but leading another enemy over to them would only make things worse. he's tiring too, even with saidin burning through him, and he can't afford that either.
howl must be familiar by now, how it looks when he starts to summon lightning. but the threatening rumble overhead is likely its own warning. ]
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it really would be too much to hope for that howl will just leave him, wouldn't it. he looks to the pyres and back to the creature, jaw tightening. he'd rather run than fight, his priority with himeka and abel, but leading another enemy over to them would only make things worse. he's tiring too, even with saidin burning through him, and he can't afford that either.
howl must be familiar by now, how it looks when he starts to summon lightning. but the threatening rumble overhead is likely its own warning. ]