[ Sky. Branches far above. Bariyan's staring up from the ground before he even realizes what's happened. He's momentarily dazed, almost detached -- the frost is still doing its work -- and it takes him a little more to piece together how he arrived here.
There. Now he has it. Oh, that's unpleasant.
The pull on his neck saves him the trouble of having to push himself up to survey the damage. Bariyan looks now, looking down along his own body. Byfrost has all but ripped the lower half of his torso inside-out. An impressive mess, but nothing that he hasn't seen before. Disgust flashes through him, causes him to look away. Disgust at the fact that he remains alive through all of this.
Now he takes notice of the steel in his throat. An experimental twist tells him that the claws of Koltira's gauntlet are dug in deep. Bariyan looks at Koltira, his head tilted back, momentarily calm. Throat exposed.
Now what? he tries to ask, but it comes out as an unintelligible groan. ]
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There. Now he has it. Oh, that's unpleasant.
The pull on his neck saves him the trouble of having to push himself up to survey the damage. Bariyan looks now, looking down along his own body. Byfrost has all but ripped the lower half of his torso inside-out. An impressive mess, but nothing that he hasn't seen before. Disgust flashes through him, causes him to look away. Disgust at the fact that he remains alive through all of this.
Now he takes notice of the steel in his throat. An experimental twist tells him that the claws of Koltira's gauntlet are dug in deep. Bariyan looks at Koltira, his head tilted back, momentarily calm. Throat exposed.
Now what? he tries to ask, but it comes out as an unintelligible groan. ]