[He sees her fall and turns to run, trying to break sightline as soon as he can. Once he can do that, he can be-- anything, something, a bird a bug a fucking spider for all it takes to hide until she's gone or he's gone. He thinks maybe he's got the time, the six or so seconds to just bolt--
He doesn't, because only a few seconds later, just a few feet from where he started, Taako lights up in searing, white hot pain.
He can't say he really knew what he expected, but maybe it was something where he didn't expect Lucretia to actually do it. Like some sort of camaraderie wasn't really shattered, like she'd always hold back, but he hits his knees on the ground too hard as the spell drags pained rivulets down his body like a thousand clawing hands. That's half his HP, right off the bat, and thoughts crash around his brain as he gasps for air, body heavy and stiff.]
Don't... fuck, Lucretia, come on--
[He has to do something, he needs time-- he's never played this defensively or this solo but one more of those hits and he's fucked. Taako rolls over in the dirt, throwing the hand with the Krebstar out towards her and casting his own personal bubble her way, to try and at least get some words in edgewise.]
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He doesn't, because only a few seconds later, just a few feet from where he started, Taako lights up in searing, white hot pain.
He can't say he really knew what he expected, but maybe it was something where he didn't expect Lucretia to actually do it. Like some sort of camaraderie wasn't really shattered, like she'd always hold back, but he hits his knees on the ground too hard as the spell drags pained rivulets down his body like a thousand clawing hands. That's half his HP, right off the bat, and thoughts crash around his brain as he gasps for air, body heavy and stiff.]
Don't... fuck, Lucretia, come on--
[He has to do something, he needs time-- he's never played this defensively or this solo but one more of those hits and he's fucked. Taako rolls over in the dirt, throwing the hand with the Krebstar out towards her and casting his own personal bubble her way, to try and at least get some words in edgewise.]
Hey maybe go in time out for right now, huh??