The light changed from gold to silver to gold again. Esme had never been in a fight like this. Back to back with Luca of the Red Dogs, she fought toward the pillar, though fight was generous. With help she could just about keep up, kicking anyone that came close with her heavy steel leg. Stabbing down at anyone on the ground. She tried not to think of it too much.
The sensory overload of it all helped. Hot abattoir stink, incomprehensible screaming, visions that made no sense at all. Erupting phallic pillar, molten glass, a tall clownish warrior she’d never seen before. Somewhere else, Genthus chopping into a horse like so much firewood. Arrows and stones from the woods, Luca shoving her down, grunt of pain as one made it around his shield. Esme rolled in the dirt, back to the pillar.
“No no leave it.” She scrambled up, reaching for the arrow. Two feet of treated birch sprouted from Luca’s shoulder and Esme snapped it near the skin. Too easily. ”I’m doctor – get the rest later.”
”Where’s Lelindin? Alred?” Esme shook her head, unsure if Luca was addressing her or the scary clown man. She didn’t know where her friends were anymore, either. The bright light above turned everything beyond it into impenetrable dark, briefly lit by splatters of red hot glass.
The sensory overload of it all helped. Hot abattoir stink, incomprehensible screaming, visions that made no sense at all. Erupting phallic pillar, molten glass, a tall clownish warrior she’d never seen before. Somewhere else, Genthus chopping into a horse like so much firewood. Arrows and stones from the woods, Luca shoving her down, grunt of pain as one made it around his shield. Esme rolled in the dirt, back to the pillar.
“No no leave it.” She scrambled up, reaching for the arrow. Two feet of treated birch sprouted from Luca’s shoulder and Esme snapped it near the skin. Too easily. ”I’m doctor – get the rest later.”
”Where’s Lelindin? Alred?” Esme shook her head, unsure if Luca was addressing her or the scary clown man. She didn’t know where her friends were anymore, either. The bright light above turned everything beyond it into impenetrable dark, briefly lit by splatters of red hot glass.
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