[Oddly, his hunch is right; this is the kind of fighting that makes sense, trading blows instead of scrambling to stay alive at every turn. It feels good to swing and have his muscles ache; it even feels good — a bizarre, addictive kind of good — to get hit back and feel that burst of shock and force before it sends him hurtling backwards.
That has to be the Sanguis, he thinks. He's so fresh off of getting beaten to within an inch of his life, he shouldn't relish the familiar sting of pain. It's got to be his moonblessing, more ecstatic about violence in any form — dealing out or receiving — than concerned about the actual physical ramifications of it.
It hurts, the satisfying kind of hurt, and as he flies back Star Platinum flashes into being again behind him, catching him easily and righting him back onto his feet. But, to his own surprise, the teasing actually has him blushing faintly, though the redness in his cheeks might just as easily be mistaken for exertion instead of pleasure.]
Maybe I'm fighting you both ways.
[He coughs into one hand, short and sharp, and checks surreptitiously for blood. There isn't any, so okay, he must be fine.]
I'll kick the human half's ass first, and then I'll deal with the vampire half.
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That has to be the Sanguis, he thinks. He's so fresh off of getting beaten to within an inch of his life, he shouldn't relish the familiar sting of pain. It's got to be his moonblessing, more ecstatic about violence in any form — dealing out or receiving — than concerned about the actual physical ramifications of it.
It hurts, the satisfying kind of hurt, and as he flies back Star Platinum flashes into being again behind him, catching him easily and righting him back onto his feet. But, to his own surprise, the teasing actually has him blushing faintly, though the redness in his cheeks might just as easily be mistaken for exertion instead of pleasure.]
Maybe I'm fighting you both ways.
[He coughs into one hand, short and sharp, and checks surreptitiously for blood. There isn't any, so okay, he must be fine.]
I'll kick the human half's ass first, and then I'll deal with the vampire half.