[ it's the first she's hear the sound. like cannon-fire, it is. for a moment, a brief moment which she'll resent for some time, yennefer glances back and looks genuinely afraid. that's a sound you hear only in war. but aren't they? perhaps cannons could actually do something about the monsters swarming the city.
perhaps.
but what akechi has brought isn't a real cannon. the effect seems comparable, at least. the boar squeals and sinks to the ground, staggering, its leg failing it. yennefer stands up straighter. they are not alone, not yet, for there are several forms of that plant creature still here. but the risk is less.
she pockets the relic. ]
I had a bodyguard, it seems. [ she composes her smile as if she had expected to find him there, as if she had expected he would protect her from this harm. she hadn't. ]
no subject
perhaps.
but what akechi has brought isn't a real cannon. the effect seems comparable, at least. the boar squeals and sinks to the ground, staggering, its leg failing it. yennefer stands up straighter. they are not alone, not yet, for there are several forms of that plant creature still here. but the risk is less.
she pockets the relic. ]
I had a bodyguard, it seems. [ she composes her smile as if she had expected to find him there, as if she had expected he would protect her from this harm. she hadn't. ]