The blade wielder watched as the fused ‘God’ laughed off the suffocation technique. To be fair, he did not exactly expect anything to come easily, but at the very least it could guarantee he'd eventually have to move with a quick enough to velocity to escape or otherwise voluntarily endure the pain of burning lungs. If he were even vulnerable to such a thing.

Then Zelraka vanished.

 [color=B0C4DE][i]’That’s one question answered.’[/i][/color]

[color=B0C4DE][b]“Oh so you kept Zelriane's speed after all.”[/b][/color] The fusion smirked as the blades from before dissipated into thin air. The fused Sage used the wind to predict where his opponent would appear. His prior knowledge of Zelriane and Rajaka’s battle habits and personalities damn near made it obvious.

He glanced back to see the shock-wave coming and swiftly advanced forward. His light frame and mastery over the air let him clear longer distances, and the earth he manipulated let him form new platforms until he’d cleared the blast radius. 

The sage fusion then followed through his advancing motion with a jab of his armored elbow, forming another blade. A flying, slashing wave burst forth, faster than those prior, and angled just around the shock wave aiming to pierce the fused giants side.

Once outside the immediate danger the shockwave presented, Gideon spun around to face his foe and dispelled the blade from his elbow. He stirred the wind anew and dissolved the platforms he’d used, the particles whipping through the air on the wind.

[color=B0C4DE][b]”Good. Gods forbid this fight be over too quickly.”[/b][/color]

Banter, it seemed, was a habit Gideon shared with the parts that made his sum.