[Byleth felt a twinge of concern, watching her play Buckin' Bronco with the highly agitated bird, but he quickly refocused on the task at hand. If he delayed to gawk, then it increased the chance of Gray being thrown off and hurt!
So, given the time and space to concentrate, he quickly backed out of stomping range, planted his feet and held his hand out. A magic circle bloomed to life before it, the Crest of Flames blazing bright, and began to generate power. This power was, of course, miniscule to match their tiny sizes, but he wasn't focusing on raw strength - he was focusing on precision.
He had no intention of severely hurting the bird, no matter its threat to them, so he couldn't cast anything that risked damaging it beyond the superficial, but still needed to cast something with a bit of oomph to it to scare the bird away. For this, he selected a low-powered Fire spell and released it as a scatter-shot surge of embers, rather than outright flame.
Embers that swept out like a surge of hot wind, harmlessly bouncing off of the bird's feathers but bringing with it the scent of hot ash and smoke. Just that should be enough to scare away any animal... right?]
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[Byleth felt a twinge of concern, watching her play Buckin' Bronco with the highly agitated bird, but he quickly refocused on the task at hand. If he delayed to gawk, then it increased the chance of Gray being thrown off and hurt!
So, given the time and space to concentrate, he quickly backed out of stomping range, planted his feet and held his hand out. A magic circle bloomed to life before it, the Crest of Flames blazing bright, and began to generate power. This power was, of course, miniscule to match their tiny sizes, but he wasn't focusing on raw strength - he was focusing on precision.
He had no intention of severely hurting the bird, no matter its threat to them, so he couldn't cast anything that risked damaging it beyond the superficial, but still needed to cast something with a bit of oomph to it to scare the bird away. For this, he selected a low-powered Fire spell and released it as a scatter-shot surge of embers, rather than outright flame.
Embers that swept out like a surge of hot wind, harmlessly bouncing off of the bird's feathers but bringing with it the scent of hot ash and smoke. Just that should be enough to scare away any animal... right?]