The Roh did release his bolt, and it pierced the air as the abomination dove away. Baoht Zuqqa Roh cursed his luck; why couldn't he have hit Shan'Gai Chah by accident? Still, he took another bolt from the brace across his back and followed. His large steps, more bounds, carried him quickly. "Do not think you can outrun an Amal'jaa, child of Man. I will decorate your flesh with arrows until you can no longer lift yourself for the weight of metal upon your bones."
As Baoht Zuqqa Roh lifted his bow to fire again, the earth itself closed between him and the child of Man, just like a throat closing at the mouth. The rumbling slam of a narrow strip of floor slamming up into the ceiling shook the cavern like a tremor and sent Baoht Zuqqa Roh stumbling backward in confusion, cut of from the abomination and from Shan'Gai Chah.
Just as Thal was running past her in the tunnel, K'aijeen had lifted the staff in her hands to pull the earth upward, effectively closing the tunnel. This shook the cave so much that for a moment she was afraid it would cave in, and through her hands over her head, dropping to her knees and hissing in fear. The linen robe over her shoulders hung open, torn and pitted and bloodied from violence. It billowed out from her as the cavern's fumes roiled in response to the change in the cavern's composition. Her naked body was no less disfigured than it had been earlier in the day, great pits carved into her chest and back so that one could almost see all the way through her body. The gouge in her neck and open throat were on display, no longer concealed. Instead, the thin red cloth was now tied about her head, hiding her eyes and wounded skull from view.
She remained cowering for only a moment. When the cave did not immediately cave in, she stood and swung herself away from the wall she'd created. Holding the cheap, likely makeshift staff in one hand and closing the tattered linen rags she wore with the other, she loped after Thal.
As Baoht Zuqqa Roh lifted his bow to fire again, the earth itself closed between him and the child of Man, just like a throat closing at the mouth. The rumbling slam of a narrow strip of floor slamming up into the ceiling shook the cavern like a tremor and sent Baoht Zuqqa Roh stumbling backward in confusion, cut of from the abomination and from Shan'Gai Chah.
Just as Thal was running past her in the tunnel, K'aijeen had lifted the staff in her hands to pull the earth upward, effectively closing the tunnel. This shook the cave so much that for a moment she was afraid it would cave in, and through her hands over her head, dropping to her knees and hissing in fear. The linen robe over her shoulders hung open, torn and pitted and bloodied from violence. It billowed out from her as the cavern's fumes roiled in response to the change in the cavern's composition. Her naked body was no less disfigured than it had been earlier in the day, great pits carved into her chest and back so that one could almost see all the way through her body. The gouge in her neck and open throat were on display, no longer concealed. Instead, the thin red cloth was now tied about her head, hiding her eyes and wounded skull from view.
She remained cowering for only a moment. When the cave did not immediately cave in, she stood and swung herself away from the wall she'd created. Holding the cheap, likely makeshift staff in one hand and closing the tattered linen rags she wore with the other, she loped after Thal.
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