( there isn't time to weigh any of their other options, if there even were any. as loki disappears, it's all but confirmed that akechi can't sustain it forever, which kicks ren into a higher gear, covering himself as he weaves in...
...and spinning with a flourish once it's in close range, taking the opening. he wasn't used to fighting that weren't, well, shadows. the spray of blood seems to take him by surprise at the first cut— and he can't help but hold back just a little, a few subsequent lacerations more shallow than before.
when he turns to see how goro is faring, droplets that followed the flow of his blade line his face. )
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...and spinning with a flourish once it's in close range, taking the opening. he wasn't used to fighting that weren't, well, shadows. the spray of blood seems to take him by surprise at the first cut— and he can't help but hold back just a little, a few subsequent lacerations more shallow than before.
when he turns to see how goro is faring, droplets that followed the flow of his blade line his face. )