Truth Engine
“Dressed like the others in a heavy, shapeless robe, the tall man was running at her, launching a flat stone with a graceful flip of his wrist so that it spun through the air. Brigid dodged as the missile flew at her face and felt it cut the air just inches from her hair.
In a moment, the man was upon her, driving a flat-palmed strike at Brigid’s cheek. She dodged once more, taking the glancing blow and forcing her attacker to over-reach. As he did so he stumbled forward, misjudging his balance with Brigid’s rapid, evasive step.
Unarmed, she drove down with both hands, powering her fists into the man’s reaching arm and knocking it against the nearest worktop. The man made no noise as he struck the desk, simply turned to Brigid and fixed her with a haughty look.
“I am stone,” the hooded figure stated, his other arm swinging up to slap Brigid away.
She felt the blow to her chest, grunted as she stumbled backward across the lab and crashed into the ruined door of the cupboard.
Across the ...room, Domi was ducking and weaving as three of the hooded figures tried to pin her down, and her Combat Master boomed repeatedly as she fought to get free.MoreLess
In a moment, the man was upon her, driving a flat-palmed strike at Brigid’s cheek. She dodged once more, taking the glancing blow and forcing her attacker to over-reach. As he did so he stumbled forward, misjudging his balance with Brigid’s rapid, evasive step.
Unarmed, she drove down with both hands, powering her fists into the man’s reaching arm and knocking it against the nearest worktop. The man made no noise as he struck the desk, simply turned to Brigid and fixed her with a haughty look.
“I am stone,” the hooded figure stated, his other arm swinging up to slap Brigid away.
She felt the blow to her chest, grunted as she stumbled backward across the lab and crashed into the ruined door of the cupboard.
Across the ...room, Domi was ducking and weaving as three of the hooded figures tried to pin her down, and her Combat Master boomed repeatedly as she fought to get free.MoreLess
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