[the hunter nods at her, and shifts gears in the great flying contraption. the motors roar, sending a faint tremor of kinesis through the armor and the floor and the seats. the man below era groans faintly, his feet moving, fingers fumbling on empty nothing. the inertia inside the vessel shifts slightly, and they take them rapidly down toward the deeper parts of the city. a canal catches their reflection, glittering with watery serenity that's terribly at odds with the screaming pandemonium of people above.]
We're coming up, [they tell her, tersely. they pull the brake, and the craft begins to slow palpably. it stops above a platform just below a flight of stairs. canal maintenance area. no one will be fleeing down here; it's simultaneously both too exposed and not free enough to feel like an escape. the minute they set the craft to hover, janus unclips their seatbelt, moving over to help her—
--only for the vessel to jolt abruptly, as something hits the roof. a tiny explosion rattles them all, sends a flicker through the lights. and the healing man's eyes open, rolling around, a nearly drunken groan escaping from him.]
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We're coming up, [they tell her, tersely. they pull the brake, and the craft begins to slow palpably. it stops above a platform just below a flight of stairs. canal maintenance area. no one will be fleeing down here; it's simultaneously both too exposed and not free enough to feel like an escape. the minute they set the craft to hover, janus unclips their seatbelt, moving over to help her—
--only for the vessel to jolt abruptly, as something hits the roof. a tiny explosion rattles them all, sends a flicker through the lights. and the healing man's eyes open, rolling around, a nearly drunken groan escaping from him.]