Gideon fights in tandem with Paul, when she's able. It keeps her focused on something other than the young girl and young-for-the-Ninth man, who stand arm-in-arm behind the beast and wave. If she cuts down the creature, they'll go away. (If she cuts down the creature, she can reach them again.)
God once called Kiriona the final expression of the art of the Nine Houses, and for once, he wasn't lying. She fights even more dangerously this time, now that she cannot tire, or hurt, or bleed.
She ignores Paul's stranger, too. It's only fair. She has a suspicion as to who he is, but to say his name aloud would cut worse than any knife, and Kiriona needs Paul alive, especially since she can't be.
The stranger offers Paul a hand. Behind them both stands a frail woman, in a dress that matches the color of the churning sea. She points at the corpse of Paul's cavalier and winks.
Gideon doesn't know it, but she screams.
"No!"
And Kiriona lunges, hoping that her punch makes direct contact with the dead man's face.
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God once called Kiriona the final expression of the art of the Nine Houses, and for once, he wasn't lying. She fights even more dangerously this time, now that she cannot tire, or hurt, or bleed.
She ignores Paul's stranger, too. It's only fair. She has a suspicion as to who he is, but to say his name aloud would cut worse than any knife, and Kiriona needs Paul alive, especially since she can't be.
The stranger offers Paul a hand. Behind them both stands a frail woman, in a dress that matches the color of the churning sea. She points at the corpse of Paul's cavalier and winks.
Gideon doesn't know it, but she screams.
"No!"
And Kiriona lunges, hoping that her punch makes direct contact with the dead man's face.