The first beast- for beast it was, no machine of Eddie's acquaintance or history- felt Eddie's incipient onslaught before anything else. It wheeled in midair as the thunder of what it could only perceive as a bronze dragon filled the skies, and drew breath.
A belch of fire gaining in temperature from brilliant orange to nearly blue-white shot forth from its mouth, its cloud enveloping the proton stream... but not impeding its passage. The winged lion writhed in sudden agony, tumbling backwards and downwards, still spewing flame.
Its companion, meanwhile, circled higher in the hopes of getting a clear shot at the dragon that surely intended its mistress ill.
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Date: 2005-10-11 04:03 am (UTC)A belch of fire gaining in temperature from brilliant orange to nearly blue-white shot forth from its mouth, its cloud enveloping the proton stream... but not impeding its passage. The winged lion writhed in sudden agony, tumbling backwards and downwards, still spewing flame.
Its companion, meanwhile, circled higher in the hopes of getting a clear shot at the dragon that surely intended its mistress ill.