Kori cleared the alley in an Eon-assisted jump, her boots planting on the neighbouring rooftop just in time to see Osamu's first real strike land - a barrier-projection from his shield that caught Lay across the torso and drove her into the rooftop's surface with the focused force of a freight impact. The barrier was small, dense, shaped like a cylinder of compressed air. It hit Lay at chest height and carried her body through three metres of horizontal motion before the energy dispersed and Lay landed on her shoulder against the alloy.
She rolled and swiftly came up. Both blades still in her hands. The grin was gone now.
