[The fire made the shadows flicker dizzyingly, but if they were injured by the flames Lucy couldn't tell. One of her vectors lost its grip on a shadow, and it slipped away like a handful of mist.
It jumped at her face, and she lurched backwards to avoid the shadow-thing's claws. She also dragged the other shadows forwards, and they strained at the vectors holding them, trying to capitalize on the chance.
Lucy didn't answer Souji in words--the vectors thrummed, and hurled the shadows backwards as far as they could. It wasn't as far as Lucy would have liked, barely out of the room. But she turned, booking it in the opposite direction down an unexplored hallway.]
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It jumped at her face, and she lurched backwards to avoid the shadow-thing's claws. She also dragged the other shadows forwards, and they strained at the vectors holding them, trying to capitalize on the chance.
Lucy didn't answer Souji in words--the vectors thrummed, and hurled the shadows backwards as far as they could. It wasn't as far as Lucy would have liked, barely out of the room. But she turned, booking it in the opposite direction down an unexplored hallway.]