The blade crashed into the arm of Taggerung, cutting the thing flesh. As it struck bone, sparks flew from the bloodless wound, showering the two combatants. The strike prompted a quick kick off from Taggerung, kicking himself away from from Celeste. The fight was far from over, with Taggerung not having expended any of his seemingly endless energy. Taggerung dug his feet into the ground, prepared to take off with immense speed. Before yet another charge from the creature, he froze completely in place, both eyes now darting over the entire scene around them. The skin on Taggerung twitched slightly, prompting Taggerung to spring his legs, and jump up, reaching nearly 10 feet. The ball of the black flame crashed into the area Taggerung had been only seconds earlier. Taggerung landed gently on a tree branch, making now sound as he scanned the area with one eye, while keeping the other lodged onto Celeste. It seemed that Celeste had back-up, or maybe it was a third party that was interested in the fight.

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The boy shook his head at Sophia's question of his origin, retaining his boyish grin as he did so. The smile disappeared as Gareth interjected himself into the conversation, appearing to listen intently to what the older man had to say to him. After Gareth's question, the boyish grin once again returned to the young boy's face. The boy placed a finger on his chin, and looked up towards the ceiling, as if to mock that he was in deep thought. After a moment of this joke, he looked back to the two, his boyish grin replacing the deep in thought face he possessed moments earlier, "They're in the same place as Jezin!"