The nanobots continued to release static pulses in a cycling state of half anf half until Zelraine finally was able to fling them off of him. Under normal cirumstances the loss of these would bother the tech reliant sage, but at this point he obviously had other problems that needed to be accessed, such at the constant pain that cycled consistantly through his body. The sage fought long and hard doing his best to remain concious due to the fact that losing it would leave Bruce without his wind board to aid him against this speedy foe. Despite his efforts he couldn't do much else at the current moment but fight the pain and hold it off while his current plan went into play. And while to the naked eye it seemed like he was merely out of the fight, the sage was constantly inputing single word thought commands to the nanobots that were in his blood stream and clothing, having both take position in key spots while waiting for the right moment.