[ Yuri muttered it more for his own benefit than anything else, unwilling to distract Byleth from evading the spider. The damned thing closed distance too quickly for them to simply outrun it, which meant they needed to deter its pursuit one way or another. His mind raced, sizing up the threat with the limited options at their disposal.
The spider obviously couldn't see Byleth, yet it honed in on his direction and broke distance swiftly. It responded to the weak fire spell — doubtless Byleth's effort not to set their surroundings aflame — but it didn't retreat. Perhaps if they proved more trouble than the potential meal was worth...
Not for the first time in his life, Yuri wished he could size up the problem without being in the midst of it. But they only needed to be too troublesome to be worth the effort...
Before the embers flickered away, Yuri threw a middling wind spell the spider's way, aiming for its back legs. It stumbled, flailing, only to topple over and scrabble to pick itself back up again. So then, at this size, such a spell was enough to knock it off balance, if even only for a few moments. ]
Run next time it drops!
[ Yuri flung another wind spell at the spider just as it steadied itself, whirling torrents of air sweeping its back legs out from under it once again. It only bought them brief repsite each time, but it was a start. ]
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[ Yuri muttered it more for his own benefit than anything else, unwilling to distract Byleth from evading the spider. The damned thing closed distance too quickly for them to simply outrun it, which meant they needed to deter its pursuit one way or another. His mind raced, sizing up the threat with the limited options at their disposal.
The spider obviously couldn't see Byleth, yet it honed in on his direction and broke distance swiftly. It responded to the weak fire spell — doubtless Byleth's effort not to set their surroundings aflame — but it didn't retreat. Perhaps if they proved more trouble than the potential meal was worth...
Not for the first time in his life, Yuri wished he could size up the problem without being in the midst of it. But they only needed to be too troublesome to be worth the effort...
Before the embers flickered away, Yuri threw a middling wind spell the spider's way, aiming for its back legs. It stumbled, flailing, only to topple over and scrabble to pick itself back up again. So then, at this size, such a spell was enough to knock it off balance, if even only for a few moments. ]
Run next time it drops!
[ Yuri flung another wind spell at the spider just as it steadied itself, whirling torrents of air sweeping its back legs out from under it once again. It only bought them brief repsite each time, but it was a start. ]