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A tengu attacking from an unexpected angle was something Hizuki had taken into consideration. She'd also considered several maneuvers they could potentially make that might make defending from the air like this harder, and had already accounted for them in her combat tactics. 

Being abruptly seized by the gigantic steel claws of another magical girl who seemed hell-bent on her death for no readily apparent reason? Technically, also something she'd considered, actually. Given her heretofore positive reception, however, it hadn't exactly been in the front of her mind. Hizuki yelped as the wind was suddenly squeezed out of her to the screeching cacophony of metal on metal. She could feel the vanes currently comprising her wings doing their best to resist being crumpled underneath forces they were never meant to resist. [color=yellow][i]Oh,[/i][/color] a distant part of her thought. [color=yellow][i]I guess this is it. I thought I'd have a little longer.[/i][/color]

The rest of her did its best to ignore the tired voice of acceptance as it frantically searched for a way out. Under normal circumstances, all she had was another Tank Purge, possibly even a Luster Purge, both of which would leave her unarmored and vulnerable, especially if it didn't actually get her free. She didn't have the ability to execute her Maneuver pinned in place like this, or leverage her superior speed. The desires she got from the girl were strange, too, now that her attention was entirely on Shaddoll here. [i]Don't kill her, she's different. Kill her before she can hurt anyone. Don't kill her, she doesn't deserve it.[/i]

She felt her new foe's grip loosening even before she started to speak. [color=yellow]"Y-you don't actually want this,"[/color] she said with a strained voice, hoping to encourage Shaddoll along. [color=yellow]"I'm here to help if I can."[/color] Hizuki glanced to the side at Evil Eye's call. [color=yellow]"You can trust her, right?" [i]There it is.[/i][/color] Whether it was her words, Kiyo's, or whatever conflict was raging behind the hateful crimson eyes that glared at Hizuki, the vise opened enough for her to slide out with another painful metallic shriek. Knowing there were still foes about, she rather gracelessly stumbled backward before kicking into the air, using her tumble to send both her sword and her superheated wings scything about in unpredictable directions, hoping to ward off or even get a lucky kill on one of the disgusting tengu in the area. Her chest heaved, lungs struggling to keep her as she launched into yet another strenuous maneuver after being kicked in the chest, strangled, and nearly crushed to death.