The mana-shift this time was accompanied once more by the blackness in her eyes, something it hadn't done the last time. Kratos didn't take it as a threat, though his own hand snapped up to grip her wrist to stop her from doing something -- he assumed -- physically untoward, as befitting the flirting earlier.
Pain lanced through him suddenly, and the seal slammed up in the same moment that Kratos stopped being quite capable of moving his body with his own will. It was a wall of a ward in his soul, not made of light but time and space and an oath resonant in an unfamiliar language, anchoring soul to body and mana.
In the space between soul and seal, something else surged, with a shouting mental intent of Oh no you don't!, less words and more sensations of light and lightning and cool, dark earth. Wings flared abruptly, eyes turned flat and blank. As though an automaton had taken over, Kratos's other hand slammed forward against Valdis's chest to blow her back on with a crack of lightning.
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physically untoward, as befitting the flirting earlier.
Pain lanced through him suddenly, and the seal slammed up in the same moment that Kratos stopped being quite capable of moving his body with his own will. It was a wall of a ward in his soul, not made of light but time and space and an oath resonant in an unfamiliar language, anchoring soul to body and mana.
In the space between soul and seal, something else surged, with a shouting mental intent of Oh no you don't!, less words and more sensations of light and lightning and cool, dark earth. Wings flared abruptly, eyes turned flat and blank. As though an automaton had taken over, Kratos's other hand slammed forward against Valdis's chest to blow her back on with a crack of lightning.