"This woman!" Calver threw himself sideways as ice shards screamed past his ear.
"Ha! Eat it!" Kreasial drove forward, both arms swinging wide, launching another spread before the first wave landed.
Arthur fired twice from behind her. Two water shots, flat and fast, one aimed at Calver's left foot and one at Auros's shoulder, not to hit, just to cut their repositioning options in half.
Calver pulled his foot back. Auros rolled his shoulder and the shot grazed it.
"Kreasial don't push that far!" Arthur called. "You'll get cornered!"
"In their dreams—"
Auros moved.
Not sideways. Not back. He dropped low and launched forward and covered the distance to Kreasial in under a second, both feet leaving the ground, his whole body folding into the movement like something that had been waiting for exactly this angle.
"Watch out!" Arthur thrust his hand forward.
Too late.
