Cloud let out a bestial grunt as the knee caught him in the side. It wasn't the right angle to knock the wind out of him but the sheer strength and force that lay coiled within Sephiroth's body was enough to break a rib or to. There was no time to really assess the damage though.
He tumbled down and drove the swords into the ground to stabilize himself, skidding a good twenty feet as the slabs of metal tore chunks of stone and crystal from the floor and into the air.
His eyes flashed around the room. Sephiroth was the solid thread. The absolute one. If he won, if he lived, all was lost.
But lives would be lost to Terra if he didn't act. But trying to deal with her would leave him open to Sephiroth's attack.
He pulled his swords free but he hesitated, unsure which threat to meet. He couldn't deal with both at once by himself and he knew it.
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He tumbled down and drove the swords into the ground to stabilize himself, skidding a good twenty feet as the slabs of metal tore chunks of stone and crystal from the floor and into the air.
His eyes flashed around the room. Sephiroth was the solid thread. The absolute one. If he won, if he lived, all was lost.
But lives would be lost to Terra if he didn't act. But trying to deal with her would leave him open to Sephiroth's attack.
He pulled his swords free but he hesitated, unsure which threat to meet. He couldn't deal with both at once by himself and he knew it.