[There's a flash of anger across the network, and then silence for a few minutes.]
[Private]
[And then a livestream of a bathroom mirror and a man - a boy, really, barely an adult - with red hair that's burnt at the ends and a cast-off white shirt visible in the corner.]
[His neck and arm are covered in bandages, as well as some of his torso under his arm. He reaches over with his good hand and tugs on the bandages around his shoulder slightly, revealing ugly charred skin, with blisters and scarring. He shifts it back into place, but keeps the livestream up while he speaks on the network.]
The only reason I wasn't impaled from the bending metal of the explosion is because I had a shield spell up. Do you understand that, Ryo? You nearly killed me.
If you're grown up enough to fight in a battle like this, you have to be grown up enough to understand what you can and will do to someone on the other side.
cw: description of burns
[Private]
[And then a livestream of a bathroom mirror and a man - a boy, really, barely an adult - with red hair that's burnt at the ends and a cast-off white shirt visible in the corner.]
[His neck and arm are covered in bandages, as well as some of his torso under his arm. He reaches over with his good hand and tugs on the bandages around his shoulder slightly, revealing ugly charred skin, with blisters and scarring. He shifts it back into place, but keeps the livestream up while he speaks on the network.]
The only reason I wasn't impaled from the bending metal of the explosion is because I had a shield spell up. Do you understand that, Ryo? You nearly killed me.
If you're grown up enough to fight in a battle like this, you have to be grown up enough to understand what you can and will do to someone on the other side.