Nick is pleased to see the weapon's discharge impact its target in a shattering dispersal of vibrant energy.
He is less pleased to note that firing openly upon the thing has done very little aside from, apparently, contribute an element transducible from one form of energy to another.
He shades his eyes against the self-immolating inconvenience, the brightness searing his vision like the heat off a sodium flare.
It occurs to him that in some point of time elapsed between firing upon their mutual foe and now, Nicholas has fallen away to escape the blaze and has landed on his back, levered up on one elbow, squinting against the interminable glare.
Without any further hesitation, he snaps his weapon upright and fires thrice before shifting his weight in a controlled jerk that rolls him to his feet.
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He is less pleased to note that firing openly upon the thing has done very little aside from, apparently, contribute an element transducible from one form of energy to another.
He shades his eyes against the self-immolating inconvenience, the brightness searing his vision like the heat off a sodium flare.
It occurs to him that in some point of time elapsed between firing upon their mutual foe and now, Nicholas has fallen away to escape the blaze and has landed on his back, levered up on one elbow, squinting against the interminable glare.
Without any further hesitation, he snaps his weapon upright and fires thrice before shifting his weight in a controlled jerk that rolls him to his feet.