Tyaethe, on the explosion of fire and noise, promptly chose to [i]disengage[/i] from Jeremiah and watch the results from a safe distance. Say, beside the person responsible for the shot in the first place. It was pretty unlikely that Jeremiah would be able to see anything now, which ought to make getting more blows in easier, but if there were too many people around they might hit each other, and...

"Have you ever been boar hunting, Elodie? You know, where if the spear breaks they'll gore you even if you're run through, or flail around wildly despite being fatally wounded, and they're too strong to stop?" the vampire asked, seemingly out of the blue, eyes fixed on the massive man.

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