[ the sight of a small child walking up to this boar with such confidence definitely reminds him of another light-haired child who thinks too highly of himself, but before roy can say anything or react, the little girl raises her hand and snaps her fingers. and, for a moment, roy is almost indignant, because is she mocking him?
-- but then, just as with roy, her . . . whatever she was attempting to do fails, and roy immediately and instinctively lashes out with the branch, rolling his wrist quickly to thump the boar in the temple, resulting in a sickening crack against the pig's head. it sets the boar stumbling, and roy, with his free hand, snatches cagliostro to drag behind him, pushing her backwards as he puts himself in between her and the boar. ]
I take it that was supposed to do something other than annoy it, Miss -- ?
[ roy sounds aggravated, but. you know. he's not going to let a little girl get eaten by a zombie boar. ]
tiny blonde alchemists are his favorite
-- but then, just as with roy, her . . . whatever she was attempting to do fails, and roy immediately and instinctively lashes out with the branch, rolling his wrist quickly to thump the boar in the temple, resulting in a sickening crack against the pig's head. it sets the boar stumbling, and roy, with his free hand, snatches cagliostro to drag behind him, pushing her backwards as he puts himself in between her and the boar. ]
I take it that was supposed to do something other than annoy it, Miss -- ?
[ roy sounds aggravated, but. you know. he's not going to let a little girl get eaten by a zombie boar. ]