[Celestial Academy — Side Corridor — 11:29 AM]
Three more exchanges.
That was what Raven had said.
The first came immediately.
The creature charged with its physical limbs from the front and its spiritual limbs from above — the new pattern it had developed after learning that the flanks were predictable. Above was less predictable because the corridor limited response options.
Raven moved left, using her whip as an anchor to change direction without losing speed.
Cael from the right flank — not with containment magic this time. With something more direct, the kind of skill a level‑89 Inquisitor develops after twenty years of executing operations that the Temple never officially documents.
[Cael — Temporary suppression seal — applied to upper spiritual limb]
Not damage. Suppression — the spiritual limb losing cohesion for 1.2 seconds, the attack from above deflecting before it could connect.
1.2 seconds.
