[ Moiraine is a petite woman, especially compared to a man like Amos; a punch like that, if it landed, would probably kill her. At the very least, she'd be concussed and probably unable to defend herself.
So it's fortunate that she has a moment, just before Amos's gravity spell takes effect, to weave a shield of Air that covers both herself and Rand. It's invisible -- at least until Amos's fist connects with it and it bows inward, but doesn't break.
Moiraine focuses on maintaining the weave of the shield, and on breathing through the sudden dragging pull of gravity that feels like it could crush her. In a matter of seconds it turns her loose, and she dodges backwards away from him, not entirely graceless but with the air of someone unused to close combat. She drops the shield, then calls on a Water weave that turns any lingering water molecules on the ground beneath Amos's feet to a thin sheet of ice -- all but invisible against the cavern floor. ]
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So it's fortunate that she has a moment, just before Amos's gravity spell takes effect, to weave a shield of Air that covers both herself and Rand. It's invisible -- at least until Amos's fist connects with it and it bows inward, but doesn't break.
Moiraine focuses on maintaining the weave of the shield, and on breathing through the sudden dragging pull of gravity that feels like it could crush her. In a matter of seconds it turns her loose, and she dodges backwards away from him, not entirely graceless but with the air of someone unused to close combat. She drops the shield, then calls on a Water weave that turns any lingering water molecules on the ground beneath Amos's feet to a thin sheet of ice -- all but invisible against the cavern floor. ]