[ the frozen spike catches his attention, of course.
rand reaches out to catch it with the Power, clenches his hands into fists as the spike is crushed to shards of ice that fall around them with a clattering. which means, also, that he is completely unprepared for the second attack of water. he'd doused his own sword just a second before the water lands anyway, to better handle the ice, which means he really catches the full brunt of that watery orb and is completely drenched.
later, he'll consider how easily he could've been hurt or killed if kaeya had gone for more offensive magic in this moment.
but right now he's bewildered, between this and the growing realization that this girl — jinx — and silco don't act like strangers who just met. he blinks water out of his eyes, pushes hair back from where it sticks to his face, and says to kaeya, ]
I didn't realize they were teaching you manners in Achamoth.
[ wryly. his attention is more on that frozen sword, though, flicks between kaeya and silco, mostly — the more immediate threats in this moment. he frowns at silco's assessment, at the ask as if he isn't, you know, right here. maybe it is stupid, but he wants to tread carefully. he doesn't want to hurt this girl, new as she is here, whatever relationship she might have with these people, and attacks with fire are dangerous in this small space.
but kaeya isn't the only one who can wield water, and maybe the element of surprise will help. so he pulls a wave straight out of the nearby lake, summons all that water inside the shrine to him — and then throws it at kaeya. ]
i don't know, can we? 😘
rand reaches out to catch it with the Power, clenches his hands into fists as the spike is crushed to shards of ice that fall around them with a clattering. which means, also, that he is completely unprepared for the second attack of water. he'd doused his own sword just a second before the water lands anyway, to better handle the ice, which means he really catches the full brunt of that watery orb and is completely drenched.
later, he'll consider how easily he could've been hurt or killed if kaeya had gone for more offensive magic in this moment.
but right now he's bewildered, between this and the growing realization that this girl — jinx — and silco don't act like strangers who just met. he blinks water out of his eyes, pushes hair back from where it sticks to his face, and says to kaeya, ]
I didn't realize they were teaching you manners in Achamoth.
[ wryly. his attention is more on that frozen sword, though, flicks between kaeya and silco, mostly — the more immediate threats in this moment. he frowns at silco's assessment, at the ask as if he isn't, you know, right here. maybe it is stupid, but he wants to tread carefully. he doesn't want to hurt this girl, new as she is here, whatever relationship she might have with these people, and attacks with fire are dangerous in this small space.
but kaeya isn't the only one who can wield water, and maybe the element of surprise will help. so he pulls a wave straight out of the nearby lake, summons all that water inside the shrine to him — and then throws it at kaeya. ]