[he nods, almost graciously, and apparently that's all it takes.
in that apparent moment of inattention one tiger springs forward, only to be met halfway across the clearing by an unseen force that tears a long gash across its side, as precise as a scalpel. it tumbles away with a yowl, and white flame gushes from the wound, filling the clearing with the smell of burned flesh and knocking it from its feet again in a twitching heap. it still moves, but only barely.
(if Eliza has magesight, she'll easily see the power he reached out with, a crystalline construct of grasping force that briefly shone with a blinding white flame as he struck with it. the nature of the power is clearly inhuman, though he wields it as though it were natural to him.)
the second tiger crouches, reevaluates the situation, then darts low and fast for the hellhound. Xian's eyes narrow and he raises a hand, another wave of unseen force rippling our from him, but it leaps and is only knocked askew from its path, curving back in towards its chosen opponent...]
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in that apparent moment of inattention one tiger springs forward, only to be met halfway across the clearing by an unseen force that tears a long gash across its side, as precise as a scalpel. it tumbles away with a yowl, and white flame gushes from the wound, filling the clearing with the smell of burned flesh and knocking it from its feet again in a twitching heap. it still moves, but only barely.
(if Eliza has magesight, she'll easily see the power he reached out with, a crystalline construct of grasping force that briefly shone with a blinding white flame as he struck with it. the nature of the power is clearly inhuman, though he wields it as though it were natural to him.)
the second tiger crouches, reevaluates the situation, then darts low and fast for the hellhound. Xian's eyes narrow and he raises a hand, another wave of unseen force rippling our from him, but it leaps and is only knocked askew from its path, curving back in towards its chosen opponent...]