One moment, Arthur was conversing normally with Alexia, and the next, something was piercing through space and blasting his left shoulder off completely.
Blood, flesh, and bone fragments were sent flying through the air as a wave of pain spread throughout Arthur's body.
Everything had happened within milliseconds.
Arthur's Authority of Time's 'Memories of the Future' hadn't even completed its automatic activation when Alexia tried to push him away.
However, whoever had triggered the automatic activation of his Memories of the Future had also accounted for the possibility that Alexia would foresee the incoming threat before Arthur did, and had taken measures to restrain her in the same instant that they attacked Arthur and successfully blew his shoulder off.
Arthur's eyes slowly widened in shock as he felt his flesh and bones quite literally explode.
