[The cane, they'll discover later, is weighted; that's why it sends her reeling as hard as it does when it hits her, knocking her into the wall and crumpling to the ground as her vision swims and her head spins. Whoever this monster is, he's intelligent to know to aim for her head; someone less acquainted with Speakers — and particularly Speaker magicians — might think focusing on her hands is the best way to neutralize her, since that's where her magic stems from. But this one seems to know that if she can't form a thought, she can't form intent.
Groaning, dizzy, she lands in a heap on the ground and tries to struggle up onto her elbows, ears ringing. She hears someone yelling — Alucard? Alucard, Trevor, where are they —
But then the world goes black as impenetrable shadow wraps around her eyes and her mouth, obscuring the world from perception.]
Ah, ah, chides the necromancer. Doubt this one's skull's as strong as your ribs, m'lord. Let's have a cease fire, shall we? Or I'll crack its head like an egg.
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Groaning, dizzy, she lands in a heap on the ground and tries to struggle up onto her elbows, ears ringing. She hears someone yelling — Alucard? Alucard, Trevor, where are they —
But then the world goes black as impenetrable shadow wraps around her eyes and her mouth, obscuring the world from perception.]
Ah, ah, chides the necromancer. Doubt this one's skull's as strong as your ribs, m'lord. Let's have a cease fire, shall we? Or I'll crack its head like an egg.