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*attempts to displace the returning blast so that it is where the group is, but the conditions cause it to fail, so I absorb the energy* Right. Hmmph. *in an instant, is behind you, a red-aura-coated fist impacting you in the back with the same force as before*
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*There is a loud metallic clang when your blow impacts, and I skid a few feet and turn around, punching at the air and sending a blue energy blast at you*