[ Matt's definitely paying attention to everything going on. It's just that his brain is also rapidly cycling through every spell he knows, trying to come up with something useful to do, since bare-handed combat seems decidedly unproductive. If only he had some way to slow these things down, restrain them somehow ...
He can't tell strictly what order things happen in. One moment, he's watching Liem anxiously, trying to think of ways to help; next, one of the creatures is scrambling towards him, pure hunger in the lurch of its limbs.
And Matt thinks, oh.
He breathes, a long, loud inhale like he's preparing to dive underwater. Light weaves around him like a long coil of golden rope. His hands move, almost as if the light were a real rope he could tug on.
It loops around the creature's arms in a rough handcuff configuration, causing it to crash to the floor. Only two problems: One is that the creature doesn't stop coming for Matt. It now has to move more awkwardly, half a squirm and half military crawl, but its mouth is open and teeth bared. The second problem is Matt. He tries to scurry back out of range, but it's more of a stagger. He's surprisingly winded. ]
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He can't tell strictly what order things happen in. One moment, he's watching Liem anxiously, trying to think of ways to help; next, one of the creatures is scrambling towards him, pure hunger in the lurch of its limbs.
And Matt thinks, oh.
He breathes, a long, loud inhale like he's preparing to dive underwater. Light weaves around him like a long coil of golden rope. His hands move, almost as if the light were a real rope he could tug on.
It loops around the creature's arms in a rough handcuff configuration, causing it to crash to the floor. Only two problems: One is that the creature doesn't stop coming for Matt. It now has to move more awkwardly, half a squirm and half military crawl, but its mouth is open and teeth bared. The second problem is Matt. He tries to scurry back out of range, but it's more of a stagger. He's surprisingly winded. ]
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