Lily processed the data, her light affinity energy beginning to hum with anticipation. "How recent?"
"Within the last two weeks," Diana replied, her eyes narrowing as she sensed the beast's shifting mood through the stone. "The compensation isn't fully integrated into its nervous system yet."
"It's still a conscious, taxing correction..."
"That means in a high-output engagement when the adrenaline hits and it stops thinking about the movement and starts just reacting, the left shoulder is going to lag."
"It's going to fall behind the momentum the dragon intends to carry."
Lily stared at the vibrating wall. "That is a remarkably specific read to pull through solid rock."
"I have been reading emotional states through much less than a microscope since I was twelve," Diana said, a grim, knowing smile touching her lips. "Pain is the loudest emotional signal a living system can generate."
"It screams through the nerves, through the blood, through the very air."
