An unsettling vibration ran up Zeyruun's arms as the tip of a dagger slammed into the head of his hammer. With such force that attack would have been lethal, he thanked Flau, not that she had done anything but it felt right, like he owed it to her for some reason. A surge of energy twisted and turned in his body, a gut wrenching, eye opening, heart racing energy. The sensation clawed at his mind, urging him to fight.[i] Or is it telling me to run??[/i] Zeyruun thought. He couldnt describe the feeling yet he knew what to call it, it was a natural feeling apparently. Zeyruun tightened his grip, his adrenaline making his heart race. Whatever this was, this danger, Zeyruun needed to fight it. Not because it was the right thing to do but because it was what he thought he needed to do.

[i]Destroy darkness.[/i] his mind said.

"Destroy darkness...To bring forth light." Zeyruun whispered to himself.

He bent his knees in anticipation, his leg muscles growing taut. He didn't physically feel Akshay, the other being, behind him. He knew he was there however, mere inches away from Zeyruun's back. If he was as instinctive as Zeyruun was, he would also be in a defensive stance; or offensive. Offensive with a sheild? The definition of shield implies protection, but can you be offensive with it? This Akshay must feel like that shield is a part of him, as if it is integral to his being, much like this hammer is to me. If there was anybody who could uncover such secrets about the shield, it would be him. Zeyruun hadn't realised till now just how much trust he was putting into Akshay, the being who guards his back. Zeyruun will repay him.

[i]I will be his warhammer while he, my shield.[/i]

"Come now!" Zeyruun bellowed at the air, his low voice reverberating. This sense of danger has not yet come to pass.

"Reveal yourself!"