Nhodd turns on the spot, face a rictus of offended righteousness as he wheels on the stumbling Asadi, too late to assist her in the matter of falling to the ground but meaning to pursue her while she's still off balance. The movement of the little clattering projectile catches his attention out of the corner of his eye, and he instinctively lurches away from it, toward Asadi --

And then his vision is interrupted by an unreasonably bright flash, leaving him momentarily blinded. Forgetting that he is intangible, he panics and catches himself on fire, the flames licking along his pinions as he lashes out blindly.