[Sakuma doesn't look over his shoulder -- it feels weird that even with his memory returned, answering to 'Yoshio' is instinctive -- but he nods, shifts his grip a little.]
Got it!
[Somehow, suddenly there's a feeling he needs to move and he dodges sideways -- just as a Shadow's strange claw sweeps downward through the air where he just was. He turns to face Mako -- there's one dragging itself across the ground toward him -- and Sakuma throws the trident. It sails past, and as it leaves his hand, the bow replaces it.
There aren't arrows. And yet he knows what to do with it, holds it as if he'd nocked an arrow, and draws. An odd arrow with a red tip fills the space as he pulls his hand back. From here he can't see what the arrowhead looks like, but he doesn't have time to find out. Sakuma looses, takes out another monster.]
Mako, hold still!
[Before he realizes it he's doing something, concentrating hard. Some sort of energy leaves him -- and nothing's changed. But something did -- if Mako gets attacked, Sakuma will take the damage rather than him.]
Re: 3!
Got it!
[Somehow, suddenly there's a feeling he needs to move and he dodges sideways -- just as a Shadow's strange claw sweeps downward through the air where he just was. He turns to face Mako -- there's one dragging itself across the ground toward him -- and Sakuma throws the trident. It sails past, and as it leaves his hand, the bow replaces it.
There aren't arrows. And yet he knows what to do with it, holds it as if he'd nocked an arrow, and draws. An odd arrow with a red tip fills the space as he pulls his hand back. From here he can't see what the arrowhead looks like, but he doesn't have time to find out. Sakuma looses, takes out another monster.]
Mako, hold still!
[Before he realizes it he's doing something, concentrating hard. Some sort of energy leaves him -- and nothing's changed. But something did -- if Mako gets attacked, Sakuma will take the damage rather than him.]