"Rewind…"
The world snapped.
The bloody water surged backward, no, her body surged upward, gliding out of the abyssal fluid, coming to stop right before the surface.
It rose from the pool, her wounds closing, and her breath returning, her chest no longer pierced as she found herself standing again, not at the beginning, but moments before her collapse, only that her body was still injured, a little bit battered, but alive.
Her eyes widened.
'So this is....'
She didn't finish the thought; she had already moved again. Faster than before. Her opponent's eyes widened for the first time.
"Impossible—"
Celeste was already upon her. Her right arm flashed as blood formed out of thin air, forming the shape of a sharp, short blade that she grasped into her palm.
And then she struck out with the blood weapon.
Once, twice. Three times.
The woman staggered as blood sprayed from her chest all the way down to her waist. She tried to counter, but her control faltered.
