[For the moment, a distraction is all Liem needs. In the time it takes Dimitri to occupy the creature with a clash of spears, Liem speaks his spell into existence, gesturing toward the winged monster. Nothing obvious happens — but the root-infested angel shudders as some force overtakes it.
And then, shifting its grip on the rootlike spear that is its weapon, it turns it around and stabs the spear through the meat of one of its own thighs. Liem quickly loads another quarrel into his crossbow, levelling it at the creature’s back.]
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And then, shifting its grip on the rootlike spear that is its weapon, it turns it around and stabs the spear through the meat of one of its own thighs. Liem quickly loads another quarrel into his crossbow, levelling it at the creature’s back.]
Quickly! Before the magic ends.