Ela didn't have time to think up a snappy one liner before another bolt was being hurled in her direction, she'd managed to almost knock Oxus down, but he barely stayed up with his sword. She thought she'd have some more time, but no, there was another bolt flying towards her, albeit at a speed that was at least visible; not like normal lightning where it arrived at the speed of light. Still, she knew she couldn't duck into the airvents again; he must have been expecting it with the way he talked about tricks never working twice. Scanning around frantically once again, she couldn't find another vent to go in aside from the one above, there wasn't anything that she could really throw at the bolt either, nothing conductive at lea- [i]"Your shoes have metal on them genius"[/i] Vetra's tiny voice rang out as if she was annoyed by Ela's frantic thoughts.

In one swift motion, aided by the wind, she gave a roundhouse kick to nothing but the air, the laces of the boot on her right leg came undone, and the wind shot it forward, towards the lightning bolt. Intercepting it, the boot remained perfectly intact, and not letting the advantage go to waste, Ela sprinted forward as quickly as she could, the wind pushing her forward as she lowered her stance, slipping under Oxus' shield to try and deliver an uppercut to his head from under his guard.