[ It's a bit of a mess, though it's no one's fault. The hogs are in a state of frenzy and while she's confident that Aloy would have fended them off to the last if it came to it, Himeka is glad that there were so many others around to protect her homestead. The other woman put so much time and effort into the place, it would be a shame to let ran and a gaggle of rampaging hooves destroy it.
But it's also exhilarating. Himeka has learned to accept that there is something she enjoys in battle, no matter what oaths she'd taken. Feeling your own aether combine with that of the earth, bursting out in something powerful and brilliant--there's nothing like it.
As such, she's breathing heavily and soaked, but in otherwise high spirits despite the carnage around them. Even as the gruff man approaches her and asks her so kindly... ]
Me?
[ Himeka blinks, her smile fading a bit as she looks down at the sword. She stares at it just for a moment.
But eventually, she sets the butt of her cane on the ground and leans on it a little, giving him a once over. Being in the front of the fray--well, he certainly looks like he was in the front of it all. He smells of pig blood. ]
I'm a mage. And not just a sorceress of destruction. Are you alright?
[ Maybe better if she weren't flinging fireballs to his left and right, but... ]
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But it's also exhilarating. Himeka has learned to accept that there is something she enjoys in battle, no matter what oaths she'd taken. Feeling your own aether combine with that of the earth, bursting out in something powerful and brilliant--there's nothing like it.
As such, she's breathing heavily and soaked, but in otherwise high spirits despite the carnage around them. Even as the gruff man approaches her and asks her so kindly... ]
Me?
[ Himeka blinks, her smile fading a bit as she looks down at the sword. She stares at it just for a moment.
But eventually, she sets the butt of her cane on the ground and leans on it a little, giving him a once over. Being in the front of the fray--well, he certainly looks like he was in the front of it all. He smells of pig blood. ]
I'm a mage. And not just a sorceress of destruction. Are you alright?
[ Maybe better if she weren't flinging fireballs to his left and right, but... ]