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It's only a matter of control for one side-
*Points two fingers at the blast, reconcentrating it into a small ball held in the space just beyond my fingertips*

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*Tilts my head, causing the sword to scrape off the crystal and create sparks*
-and never affected survival, if not for all the resistance.
*Releases all the energy back into an explosion at you point-blank*
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One side is all that’s needed.
*The water vapor in the air condenses into an unnaturally strong shield of ice in front of us both, morphing around the blade of the sword*