Kai grabbed Bree's hand firmly and pushed her away.
It was an instinctive move that his body did without his mind telling it to.
He was too weak to save his sister on the orientation. Perhaps that's the reason why his body moved on its own, as he now has the strength to protect himself and those around him. Friends or more.
But seeing the charging skeleton deer, he couldn't help but wonder whether he should have used the time pushing Bree out of the way to dodge the charge himself. It's too late now. Kai's arms came up on instinct as he braced for a force he already knew intimately.
The bone-shaking impact of antlers driven by the skeleton deer's full might.
Now, with the orange energy bleeding from it, he knew that this would be way worse.
Just earlier, his arms were numb from the impact.
