[ He asks, head tilting just slightly to the right seconds before his fingers snap against his throat. Shouto makes a startled sound that's cut off by the crushing hold. He grabs at his arm, desperately trying to shove him off while battling his instinct to use his quirk against him. ]
Al--
[ It's all too reminiscent of the time his brother tried to choke him with the same intensity. Caught up in another curse, Shouto hesitated then too, curbing his instincts to attack to find another way, but at this angle, he can't kick him to get him off. Stronger than him, it's only seconds before he starts to feel his windpipe give. Trained since childhood to react to attacks, it takes great discipline to form a plan of attack under duress without permanently injuring him, but he also knows he can't let him kill him, the same way he couldn't let Touya do it either.
Instead of turning the room to ash or an arctic tundra, he slams his hand against the mass of feathers and FREEZES them in instant. ]
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Al--
[ It's all too reminiscent of the time his brother tried to choke him with the same intensity. Caught up in another curse, Shouto hesitated then too, curbing his instincts to attack to find another way, but at this angle, he can't kick him to get him off. Stronger than him, it's only seconds before he starts to feel his windpipe give. Trained since childhood to react to attacks, it takes great discipline to form a plan of attack under duress without permanently injuring him, but he also knows he can't let him kill him, the same way he couldn't let Touya do it either.
Instead of turning the room to ash or an arctic tundra, he slams his hand against the mass of feathers and FREEZES them in instant. ]