[ Crouching down to put away Viktor's first aid kit, Shouto rises to his feet, head-turning over his shoulder to look at him. ]
I used my ice for protection.
[ Offensive and defensive. Intangible, his fire is almost impossible to contain with nothing to hold onto, but there's also no physical force behind it. In contrast, his ice is a tangible mass that can be shattered or do the shattering. The physical force behind it isn't trivial when he goes all out. Two opposing elements, synchronized within him. Genetics in perfect balance so he too, like the glass he heated, doesn't simply explode into a mess. ]
It absorbed the shockwave.
[ Shattered the ice but absorbed the energy of rapidly generating ice leaving him whole. There's a reason why he's not the best at hand-to-hand combat. Few ever get past his defenses to make him bleed. In the case of the Akuma. It wasn't interested in him. He was a distraction, Allen was the real target. ]
no subject
I used my ice for protection.
[ Offensive and defensive. Intangible, his fire is almost impossible to contain with nothing to hold onto, but there's also no physical force behind it. In contrast, his ice is a tangible mass that can be shattered or do the shattering. The physical force behind it isn't trivial when he goes all out. Two opposing elements, synchronized within him. Genetics in perfect balance so he too, like the glass he heated, doesn't simply explode into a mess. ]
It absorbed the shockwave.
[ Shattered the ice but absorbed the energy of rapidly generating ice leaving him whole. There's a reason why he's not the best at hand-to-hand combat. Few ever get past his defenses to make him bleed. In the case of the Akuma. It wasn't interested in him. He was a distraction, Allen was the real target. ]