[The blow is a glancing one, and John know better than to push back. He tips his shoulder downward and rolls, getting distance and his footing back in one moment. The sight of part of the tree exploding under a wave of invisible force is... remarkable. Something to replay in his mind's eye later.
The rifle comes up, the laser sight sweeping, and John is squinting into the scope. So much of him is built on John internalizing his own press, and this is a fucking junior Summer faerie taking a swipe at a Signatory. If took out the right-hand man of a Freeholding Lord. He wants its head on his wall.
There is a shadow, and John fires, and it's an iron bullet that makes contact with something that shrieks, but remains hidden.]
It's moving, Dresden, watch your back. [No time for nonsense. John moves over to stand behind Harry, covering him and in turn being covered. Harry is vibrant and ecstatic, full of fuel. It takes so little to set him off. John just hopes that they don't end up burned as well.]
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Date: 2012-11-07 05:08 am (UTC)The rifle comes up, the laser sight sweeping, and John is squinting into the scope. So much of him is built on John internalizing his own press, and this is a fucking junior Summer faerie taking a swipe at a Signatory. If took out the right-hand man of a Freeholding Lord. He wants its head on his wall.
There is a shadow, and John fires, and it's an iron bullet that makes contact with something that shrieks, but remains hidden.]
It's moving, Dresden, watch your back. [No time for nonsense. John moves over to stand behind Harry, covering him and in turn being covered. Harry is vibrant and ecstatic, full of fuel. It takes so little to set him off. John just hopes that they don't end up burned as well.]