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"No! No no no no no!" Rioter watched with wide eyes as Twinhorn fell from where he had been hovering over the battlefield wreathed in snapping lines of red and blue energy. For a long second, Rioter was frozen in place, the roar of hundreds of trolls fighting for their lives drowned out by the pounding of candy red blood in his ears as he watched the fall, watched his moirail plummeting to the ground.
Twinhorn screamed as as he fells and the whole of combat seemed to stop and watch the long seconds of the psionic's journey. He ran out of breath before he hit, instead the sickening snap-crunch of bones breaking fills the ears of those unfortunate enough to be nearby when troll and ground met. Twinhorn lay curled where he fell in a slowly spreading pool of dull yellow, barely even able to whimper.
Rioter forced his was through the masses, uncaring if he was shoving friend or foe in his desperate attempt to reach his moirail. His best friend had fallen and Rioter needed to be at his side. By the time Rioter reached Twinhorn, he was already surrounded by a ring of allies protecting him the imperial forces. Rioter knelt next to him, and it took three attempts before he was able to reach out and touch the other troll.
Twinhorn stirred, and Rioter swallowed a lump in his throat. Twinhorn's pulse was steady, but there was no way that Rioter could even begin to assess the damage that had to be under the grey skin and all the yellow blood was far from reasuring. But he was hopeful, he could already see the other troll's fingers and hands twitching. Rioter gestured a pair of Scouts over, green bloods both. They didn't need to be told anything, they simply picked Twinhorn up with some care and got him draped over the back of one of their Lusii and were off without a word.
Rioter was able to turn back to the battle again. And it was an Imperial Massacre.