The hit Corryn had taken had been accumulating its effect through the exchanges since.
The shoulder's reduced range was more visible now, the demon she was fighting having identified the limitation and beginning to exploit it in the methodical way that Grade Three combat intelligence exploited identified limitations. Corryn was managing it, but managing it was becoming more expensive as the exploitation became more precise.
Leana moved toward Corryn's engagement.
Not at the same pace she had moved toward Aurog's demon. The urgency was different, the assessment having placed Corryn's situation in the category of needs support rather than needs intervention immediately.
But she moved.
The students watching her cross from the first demon's position toward Corryn's saw the transition and understood it through the frame the fight had built for them. Leana had just concluded one engagement and was already reading the next one before the previous demon had finished falling.
