[Faris kicks out at another slavering crewman as Benedikta starts whipping up the winds, and tries not to feel unsettled by the display of power. Faris is familiar with the elements in their raw form--she was touched by the crystal of fire, and her courage gave it the strength to be renewed.
This is not like that.
This is like the spirit of the Gladiator, the one that allowed each of them to reach into the most raw and destructive form of their element and fling it--and themselves--at the foe in one ferocious, brutal motion. But what Benedikta is doing is no momentary swing of a sword. Faris clings to the binnacle with grim determination as the ship yaws through the air, just barely under control, and it takes an effort to keep his eyes open when it crashes into the rocks. If he wasn't holding on, he would have gone flying off--that's just what happens to a couple of the rabid crew.
He scrabbles to get his feet under him as one with better balance with the rest lunges. Faris can't do much more than fling himself out of the way, leaving the man to crash full-force into the compass and the iron spheres. That at least gives Faris a chance to lunge inelegantly, knocking him the rest of the way off his feet.]
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This is not like that.
This is like the spirit of the Gladiator, the one that allowed each of them to reach into the most raw and destructive form of their element and fling it--and themselves--at the foe in one ferocious, brutal motion. But what Benedikta is doing is no momentary swing of a sword. Faris clings to the binnacle with grim determination as the ship yaws through the air, just barely under control, and it takes an effort to keep his eyes open when it crashes into the rocks. If he wasn't holding on, he would have gone flying off--that's just what happens to a couple of the rabid crew.
He scrabbles to get his feet under him as one with better balance with the rest lunges. Faris can't do much more than fling himself out of the way, leaving the man to crash full-force into the compass and the iron spheres. That at least gives Faris a chance to lunge inelegantly, knocking him the rest of the way off his feet.]
Hell of a landing, there!