[ Does it connect?! ... It does connect because he didn't have any sort of awareness that she was there until it's much too late. However, the flames he had been using before now were controlled - and when the blade connects, he does let out a large wail of pain -- but more importantly, a sea of blue fire shoots out for over fifteen feet in all directions around him, burning pretty much everything within that area.
But it also makes him drop his sword because he's a rightie. So you know, that's nice.
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But it also makes him drop his sword because he's a rightie. So you know, that's nice.
Ow ]