One hit, but it's not enough. Vincent knew it wasn't going to be enough even if both had.
Known enough that he had calculated his landing trajectory to pair with the expectation that he would need to dodge the tail.
If it had been the tail, he would have. Too late to dodge but not enough to rase his left arm to block the claws- a shriek of hard nail against metal follows- and prevent them from ripping into his flesh.
The disparity in strength and weight, the fact that Vincent had chance to brace, all factor into why he's sent flying back into the side of one vehicle. Maybe denting something, perhaps cracking glass. But the gunslinger had to have absolutely felt that while simultaneously rebounding forward a bit.
But in that moment where he had been close, raising armor-clad arm to shield himself from some of the danger, Vincent had been close enough to catch more than a passing glimpse of the chimera's eyes. It was getting dark enough now to accentuate the glow. A familiar one, nesting in greeny iris and slit pupil.
"Sephiroth." The name was so silently uttered it may as well been just mouthed. And then there's no spare breath at all for it as Vincent goes flying back.
What a delightful stand-in lad.
Known enough that he had calculated his landing trajectory to pair with the expectation that he would need to dodge the tail.
If it had been the tail, he would have. Too late to dodge but not enough to rase his left arm to block the claws- a shriek of hard nail against metal follows- and prevent them from ripping into his flesh.
The disparity in strength and weight, the fact that Vincent had chance to brace, all factor into why he's sent flying back into the side of one vehicle. Maybe denting something, perhaps cracking glass. But the gunslinger had to have absolutely felt that while simultaneously rebounding forward a bit.
But in that moment where he had been close, raising armor-clad arm to shield himself from some of the danger, Vincent had been close enough to catch more than a passing glimpse of the chimera's eyes. It was getting dark enough now to accentuate the glow. A familiar one, nesting in greeny iris and slit pupil.
"Sephiroth." The name was so silently uttered it may as well been just mouthed. And then there's no spare breath at all for it as Vincent goes flying back.